Voting Comparison

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

vs
5935 shared votes
15%
agreement
885 agreed · 5050 diverged
5935 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.

United States of America
Guinea-Bissau Yes No Abstain
Yes 865 2910 859
No 10
Abstain 172 18 10

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
5% 47/896
Nuclear/Arms
13% 75/579
Colonialism
3% 16/563
Human Rights
7% 54/773
Economic Dev.
10% 51/491
Disarmament
17% 135/779
Overall
15% 885/5935

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Guinea-Bissau United States of America 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
A/RES/59/206
Situation of human rights in Turkmenistan : resolution / adopted by the General Assemly
2004
yes 69 / 47 / 63
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 141 / 31 / 11
A/RES/67/202
Entrepreneurship for development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2012
yes 141 / 31 / 11
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 133 / 30 / 7
A/RES/52/39C
Convention on theh Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by th…
1997
yes 109 / 30 / 27
A/RES/54/182
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1999
abstain 89 / 30 / 39