Voting Comparison

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

vs
6622 shared votes
94%
agreement
6246 agreed · 376 diverged
6622 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.

Bulgaria
Hungary Yes No Abstain
Yes 4262 3 48
No 31 991 96
Abstain 79 17 972

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
96% 859/896
Nuclear/Arms
92% 535/579
Colonialism
95% 536/563
Human Rights
95% 738/773
Economic Dev.
95% 468/491
Disarmament
94% 735/779
Overall
94% 6246/6622

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Hungary Bulgaria Y / N / A
A/RES/67/45
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2012
no non_voting 123 / 48 / 15
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
abstain non_voting 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
non_voting yes 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
abstain non_voting 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/79/330
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organizatio…
2025
abstain no 118 / 36 / 11
A/RES/76/23
No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2021
abstain no 130 / 35 / 20
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
abstain non_voting 58 / 35 / 46
A/59/516/Add.1
United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning
2005
yes no 84 / 34 / 37
A/RES/75/37
No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2020
abstain no 132 / 34 / 21
A/RES/59/280
United Nations declaration on human cloning : resolution / adopted by the Gener…
2005
yes no 84 / 34 / 37
A/RES/41/159
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1986
non_voting abstain 61 / 32 / 42
A/RES/34/40
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
abstain non_voting 62 / 31 / 45

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