Voting Comparison

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

vs
6705 shared votes
79%
agreement
5293 agreed · 1412 diverged
6705 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.

Honduras
Guatemala Yes No Abstain
Yes 4782 10 235
No 23 60 49
Abstain 359 22 338

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
62% 559/896
Nuclear/Arms
87% 501/579
Colonialism
73% 412/563
Human Rights
74% 573/773
Economic Dev.
79% 388/491
Disarmament
89% 693/779
Overall
79% 5293/6705

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Guatemala Honduras Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no yes 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
abstain no 79 / 60 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain yes 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
abstain yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain yes 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
abstain yes 96 / 58 / 12
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain yes 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
abstain yes 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
non_voting yes 91 / 57 / 21
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
abstain yes 116 / 55 / 7

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain 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
abstain 80 / 61 / 42
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 124 / 56 / 4
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 131 / 56 / 0