Voting Comparison

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

vs
6683 shared votes
42%
agreement
2805 agreed · 3878 diverged
6683 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
Greece Yes No Abstain
Yes 1673 1703 847
No 15 594 46
Abstain 148 675 517

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% 34/896
Nuclear/Arms
52% 304/580
Colonialism
20% 111/563
Human Rights
39% 305/773
Economic Dev.
40% 197/491
Disarmament
54% 417/779
Overall
42% 2805/6683

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Greece Israel Y / N / A
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
abstain yes 56 / 54 / 24
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain no 130 / 53 / 6
32/128
Question of Brunei
1977
abstain no 135 / 53 / 1
56/230
Situation of human rights in Iraq
2001
abstain no 129 / 53 / 3
A/RES/72/185
Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights : resolu…
2017
abstain no 129 / 53 / 3
A/RES/79/160
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2024
no yes 119 / 53 / 10
A/RES/70/159
Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights : resolu…
2015
abstain no 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/71/197
Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights : resolu…
2016
abstain no 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/71/190
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2016
abstain no 130 / 53 / 6
A/RES/80/192
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2025
no yes 119 / 51 / 10
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes no 124 / 50 / 13
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no yes 120 / 50 / 10

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/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2013
no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
no 79 / 60 / 33