Voting Comparison

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

vs
5842 shared votes
15%
agreement
852 agreed · 4990 diverged
5842 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
Grenada Yes No Abstain
Yes 715 2693 744
No 26 64 4
Abstain 105 196 57

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% 68/896
Nuclear/Arms
12% 67/579
Colonialism
4% 20/563
Human Rights
13% 98/773
Economic Dev.
11% 53/491
Disarmament
17% 133/779
Overall
15% 852/5842

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Grenada United States of America Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain 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
abstain 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
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
abstain no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
abstain 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
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes no 96 / 58 / 12

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 67 / 54 / 46
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 68 / 54 / 51
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2000
yes 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/58/195
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2003
yes 68 / 54 / 51
A/RES/59/205
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2004
yes 71 / 54 / 55
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
no 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia in…
1974
yes 56 / 54 / 24
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no 131 / 53 / 7