Voting Comparison

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

vs
2462 shared votes
84%
agreement
2062 agreed · 400 diverged
2462 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.

Democratic Yemen
India Yes No Abstain
Yes 2013 14 61
No 24 14 10
Abstain 119 47 28

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% 315/339
Nuclear/Arms
76% 191/250
Colonialism
92% 196/214
Human Rights
88% 199/226
Economic Dev.
88% 231/262
Disarmament
75% 240/318
Overall
84% 2062/2462

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution India Democratic Yemen Y / N / A
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
abstain no 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
abstain no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
no yes 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
abstain yes 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
abstain no 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
no yes 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
abstain no 56 / 42 / 34
A/4l/727
1986
no yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
no yes 58 / 35 / 46
A/RES/2647(XXV)
Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination : resolution / adopted by the…
1970
no non_voting 49 / 33 / 10
A/RES/41/159
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1986
abstain no 61 / 32 / 42
A/RES/38/183A
Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1983
abstain no 88 / 31 / 24

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/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1970
no 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1969
no 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1968
no 73 / 47 / 5
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
yes 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violations of huma…
1980
no 57 / 39 / 46
A/4l/L.43
The auestion of Palestine
1986
yes 66 / 38 / 41
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / …
1982
no 81 / 38 / 20
A/RES/34/2A
Credentials of representatives to the 34th session of the General Assembly : resolution /…
1979
no 71 / 35 / 34