Voting Comparison

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

vs
7218 shared votes
23%
agreement
1662 agreed · 5556 diverged
7218 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.

United States of America
India Yes No Abstain
Yes 1394 3456 1132
No 205 90 13
Abstain 434 261 134

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
7% 59/896
Nuclear/Arms
14% 81/579
Colonialism
5% 27/563
Human Rights
6% 47/773
Economic Dev.
11% 55/491
Disarmament
17% 134/779
Overall
23% 1662/7218

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution India United States of America 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
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
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
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes no 91 / 59 / 10

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/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
no 104 / 54 / 29
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
no 135 / 53 / 1
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
no 73 / 48 / 46
A/RES/58/43
Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context : resolution / adopt…
2003
no 73 / 48 / 46
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
no 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
no 106 / 46 / 34
A/RES/80/54
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2025
no 119 / 45 / 12