Voting Comparison

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

vs
3690 shared votes
91%
agreement
3351 agreed · 339 diverged
3690 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.

San Marino
Ireland Yes No Abstain
Yes 2297 42
No 445 31
Abstain 36 27 608

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
88% 440/502
Nuclear/Arms
79% 239/301
Colonialism
89% 283/319
Human Rights
91% 479/526
Economic Dev.
88% 189/215
Disarmament
84% 361/431
Overall
91% 3351/3690

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Ireland San Marino Y / N / A
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no abstain 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
no non_voting 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
no non_voting 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1995
no non_voting 93 / 51 / 3
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
A/RES/69/40
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2014
non_voting no 124 / 48 / 10
A/RES/62/42
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
abstain no 117 / 47 / 17
48/140
The situation in the Sudan
1993
abstain no 117 / 47 / 17
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no abstain 129 / 46 / 13
A/RES/59/178
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2004
no abstain 129 / 46 / 13
A/RES/47/130
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1992
no non_voting 99 / 45 / 16

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