Voting Comparison

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

vs
6828 shared votes
86%
agreement
5841 agreed · 987 diverged
6828 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.

Pakistan
India Yes No Abstain
Yes 5344 55 190
No 120 117 80
Abstain 407 21 370

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% 885/896
Nuclear/Arms
72% 417/579
Colonialism
94% 529/563
Human Rights
87% 674/773
Economic Dev.
88% 432/491
Disarmament
75% 588/779
Overall
86% 5841/6828

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution India Pakistan Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain yes 80 / 61 / 42
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
abstain yes 111 / 54 / 18
A/RES/61/164
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
abstain yes 111 / 54 / 18
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
abstain no 56 / 54 / 24
34/131
Question of Guam
1979
abstain yes 116 / 53 / 14
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain yes 101 / 53 / 20
34/131
Question of Guam
1979
abstain yes 116 / 53 / 8
32/95
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1977
abstain yes 86 / 53 / 42
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no yes 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
no yes 135 / 53 / 1

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
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/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
yes 91 / 59 / 10