Voting Comparison

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

vs
2204 shared votes
98%
agreement
2168 agreed · 36 diverged
2204 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.

German Democratic Republic
Hungary Yes No Abstain
Yes 1724 2 2
No 234 1
Abstain 10 1 197

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
99% 337/339
Nuclear/Arms
99% 248/250
Colonialism
98% 209/214
Human Rights
99% 224/226
Economic Dev.
97% 255/262
Disarmament
100% 317/318
Overall
98% 2168/2204

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Hungary German Democratic Republic Y / N / A
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/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
abstain non_voting 58 / 35 / 46
A/RES/34/40
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
abstain non_voting 62 / 31 / 45
A/RES/44/147
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1989
abstain yes 113 / 23 / 11
A/RES/44/215
Economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against develop…
1989
non_voting yes 118 / 23 / 2
A/RES/44/40B
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1989
abstain yes 84 / 22 / 49
57/69
General and complete disarmament
2002
yes no 78 / 21 / 42
A/RES/43/187
International Conference on Money and Finance : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1989
non_voting yes 127 / 19 / 5
A/RES/44/22
The situation in Kampuchea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1989
non_voting no 124 / 17 / 12
A/RES/44/27I
Military collaboration with South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General …
1989
non_voting yes 106 / 17 / 26

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/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia in…
1974
no 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
no 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no 56 / 42 / 34
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violations of huma…
1980
no 57 / 39 / 46
A/4l/L.43
The auestion of Palestine
1986
yes 66 / 38 / 41
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / …
1982
no 81 / 38 / 20