Voting Comparison

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

vs
7002 shared votes
39%
agreement
2738 agreed · 4264 diverged
7002 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
Greece Yes No Abstain
Yes 1768 2106 933
No 8 643 2
Abstain 74 1036 305

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
8% 73/896
Nuclear/Arms
40% 234/580
Colonialism
13% 72/563
Human Rights
34% 263/773
Economic Dev.
27% 135/491
Disarmament
39% 305/779
Overall
39% 2738/7002

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Greece United States of America Y / N / A
37//6/
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections
1982
no abstain 131 / 54 / 0
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
yes no 104 / 54 / 29
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
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes no 135 / 53 / 1
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/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

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