Voting Comparison

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

vs
5935 shared votes
26%
agreement
1535 agreed · 4400 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.

France
Equatorial Guinea Yes No Abstain
Yes 1424 799 931
No 21 9 10
Abstain 177 60 72

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
25% 221/896
Nuclear/Arms
13% 73/579
Colonialism
16% 88/563
Human Rights
15% 119/773
Economic Dev.
22% 108/491
Disarmament
19% 145/779
Overall
26% 1535/5935

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Equatorial Guinea France 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
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
non_voting no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
non_voting no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes no 79 / 60 / 33
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
non_voting no 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes no 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
yes no 96 / 58 / 12
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes no 91 / 57 / 21

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/62/168
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2007
yes 73 / 53 / 55
A/RES/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1970
no 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
abstain 54 / 42 / 46
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violations of huma…
1980
yes 57 / 39 / 46
32/100
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 123 / 38 / 24