Voting Comparison

Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.

vs
5792 shared votes
17%
agreement
1000 agreed · 4792 diverged
5792 shared votes

Agreement Trend over Time

Agreement rate per year (years with ≥2 shared votes). Click a point or year label to filter the vote list below.

Position Matrix

How often each combination of positions occurred across all shared votes.

Israel
Guinea-Bissau Yes No Abstain
Yes 906 2319 1023
No 8 2
Abstain 165 12 22

green = same position   amber = different position

Breakdown by Voeten Topic

Agreement rate per issue area (Voeten dataset, GA resolutions only). Dashed line shows overall agreement rate.

Middle East
2% 17/896
Nuclear/Arms
15% 88/579
Colonialism
6% 34/563
Human Rights
11% 84/773
Economic Dev.
20% 98/491
Disarmament
24% 187/779
Overall
17% 1000/5792

Most Divergent Votes

Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.

Resolution Guinea-Bissau Israel Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
non_voting yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
non_voting no 79 / 60 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes no 91 / 59 / 10

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/79/160
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuel…
2024
yes 119 / 53 / 10
A/RES/80/192
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuel…
2025
yes 119 / 51 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 120 / 50 / 10
A/RES/77/204
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuel…
2022
yes 120 / 50 / 10