Voting Comparison

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

vs
5901 shared votes
13%
agreement
753 agreed · 5148 diverged
5901 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
Equatorial Guinea Yes No Abstain
Yes 673 1835 633
No 22 6 8
Abstain 108 144 53

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
4% 37/896
Nuclear/Arms
8% 46/579
Colonialism
2% 13/563
Human Rights
6% 44/773
Economic Dev.
6% 31/491
Disarmament
10% 76/779
Overall
13% 753/5901

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Equatorial Guinea 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
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
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/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1968
yes 73 / 47 / 5
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
A/RES/56/175
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2001
abstain 79 / 37 / 48
A/59/516/Add.1
United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning
2005
yes 84 / 34 / 37
A/RES/59/280
United Nations declaration on human cloning : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2005
yes 84 / 34 / 37
A/RES/62/169
Situation of human rights in Belarus : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
yes 72 / 33 / 78