Voting Comparison

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

vs
2926 shared votes
96%
agreement
2806 agreed · 120 diverged

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.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Hungary Yes No Abstain
Yes 2149 2 12
No 3 339 8
Abstain 54 2 296

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
93% 368/394
Nuclear/Arms
94% 262/278
Colonialism
91% 222/244
Human Rights
97% 240/247
Economic Dev.
95% 263/276
Disarmament
97% 337/348
Overall
96% 2806/2926

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Hungary Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Y / N / A
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
abstain yes 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 yes 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
abstain yes 58 / 35 / 46
A/RES/46/64
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the imple…
1991
no abstain 109 / 34 / 16
A/RES/46/79D
Relations between South Africa and Israel : resolution / adopted by the General…
1991
no abstain 93 / 31 / 30
A/RES/34/40
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
abstain yes 62 / 31 / 45
A/RES/46/210
Economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against develop…
1991
no abstain 97 / 30 / 9
A/RES/2587(XXIV)
Commission on the Status of Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1969
yes abstain 48 / 30 / 31
A/RES/45/151
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1991
no abstain 111 / 29 / 11
A/RES/45/176D
Relations between South Africa and Israel : resolution / adopted by the General…
1990
no yes 99 / 28 / 19
A/RES/46/65
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial C…
1991
no yes 115 / 28 / 17

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/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1970
no 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/2025(XX)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1965
no 56 / 49 / 11
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1969
no 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2271(XXII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1967
no 69 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2159(XXI)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1966
no 66 / 48 / 7
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1968
no 73 / 47 / 5