Voting Comparison

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

vs
3717 shared votes
33%
agreement
1221 agreed · 2496 diverged
3717 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.

Marshall Islands
India Yes No Abstain
Yes 1149 951 555
No 185 2 26
Abstain 348 65 61

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
14% 76/530
Nuclear/Arms
30% 94/312
Colonialism
37% 124/334
Human Rights
10% 55/537
Economic Dev.
44% 99/223
Disarmament
37% 166/445
Overall
33% 1221/3717

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution India Marshall Islands Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes no 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 128 / 55 / 2
A/RES/63/167
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies :…
2008
yes 128 / 55 / 2
A/RES/64/173
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights tr…
2010
yes 131 / 53 / 2
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 131 / 53 / 2
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 128 / 52 / 4
A/RES/59/181
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies :…
2004
yes 128 / 52 / 4
A/RES/79/215
Towards a new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2024
yes 133 / 51 / 2
47/147
Situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia
1992
abstain 119 / 50 / 9