Voting Comparison

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

vs
6020 shared votes
93%
agreement
5586 agreed · 434 diverged
6020 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.

Bangladesh
Indonesia Yes No Abstain
Yes 5356 2 70
No 10 72 45
Abstain 137 31 158

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% 886/896
Nuclear/Arms
93% 540/579
Colonialism
97% 547/563
Human Rights
91% 705/773
Economic Dev.
91% 449/491
Disarmament
94% 730/779
Overall
93% 5586/6020

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Indonesia Bangladesh Y / N / A
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes abstain 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
yes non_voting 109 / 56 / 10
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
yes abstain 56 / 54 / 24
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
abstain no 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
abstain no 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes non_voting 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
yes non_voting 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/60/70
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2005
non_voting yes 113 / 45 / 20
A/RES/53/77H
Regional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1998
yes abstain 63 / 44 / 47
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
abstain non_voting 54 / 43 / 42

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
yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 80 / 61 / 42
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 91 / 59 / 10