Voting Comparison

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

vs
3705 shared votes
89%
agreement
3310 agreed · 395 diverged
3705 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.

Moldova
Ireland Yes No Abstain
Yes 2231 4 174
No 1 452 35
Abstain 43 27 626

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% 465/502
Nuclear/Arms
73% 221/301
Colonialism
92% 294/319
Human Rights
91% 481/526
Economic Dev.
91% 196/215
Disarmament
82% 355/431
Overall
89% 3310/3705

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Ireland Moldova Y / N / A
A/RES/58/195
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2003
yes non_voting 68 / 54 / 51
A/RES/59/195
Human rights and terrorism : resolution / adopted by the General Assemly
2004
no non_voting 127 / 50 / 8
A/RES/60/88
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2005
no abstain 111 / 49 / 13
A/RES/73/268B
Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of…
2019
no non_voting 101 / 49 / 0
47/147
Situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia
1992
no abstain 115 / 49 / 15
A/RES/60/79
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2005
no abstain 115 / 49 / 15
A/RES/74/267
Enlargement of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions…
2020
no abstain 120 / 48 / 4
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
no abstain 73 / 48 / 46
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no abstain 125 / 48 / 12
A/RES/59/102
Convention on the Prohibition of Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted …
2004
no abstain 125 / 48 / 12
A/RES/61/78
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
abstain no 115 / 48 / 18
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
abstain no 115 / 48 / 18

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
no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
no 79 / 60 / 33