Voting Comparison

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

vs
3303 shared votes
37%
agreement
1230 agreed · 2073 diverged
3303 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.

Palau
Guatemala Yes No Abstain
Yes 1089 697 378
No 15 13
Abstain 35 151 51

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
10% 44/441
Nuclear/Arms
28% 81/286
Colonialism
25% 73/287
Human Rights
19% 97/500
Economic Dev.
43% 87/201
Disarmament
34% 138/408
Overall
37% 1230/3303

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Guatemala Palau Y / N / A
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/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
abstain non_voting 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
abstain non_voting 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
abstain non_voting 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2006
yes no 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2025
yes no 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
abstain no 87 / 56 / 26
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 124 / 56 / 4

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
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
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/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
abstain 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1995
non_voting 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2020
yes 131 / 56 / 0
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 131 / 56 / 0