Voting Comparison

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

vs
3814 shared votes
39%
agreement
1472 agreed · 2342 diverged
3814 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
Croatia Yes No Abstain
Yes 797 1212 314
No 583 1
Abstain 15 688 90

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
3% 14/502
Nuclear/Arms
51% 155/301
Colonialism
16% 50/319
Human Rights
43% 224/526
Economic Dev.
26% 55/215
Disarmament
46% 198/431
Overall
39% 1472/3814

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Croatia United States of America Y / N / A
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
abstain yes 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2000
abstain yes 67 / 54 / 46
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/65/217
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2010
non_voting no 131 / 53 / 0
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/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1995
non_voting no 93 / 51 / 3
A/RES/56/146
Equitable geographical distribution of the membership of the human rights instr…
2001
yes no 113 / 47 / 5
32/95
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1977
yes no 113 / 47 / 5
32/128
Question of Brunei
1977
yes no 112 / 46 / 15
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain no 116 / 46 / 9

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
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/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