Voting Comparison

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

vs
5260 shared votes
82%
agreement
4312 agreed · 948 diverged
5260 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.

Zimbabwe
Islamic Republic of Iran Yes No Abstain
Yes 4029 7 77
No 59 146 37
Abstain 168 21 87

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
86% 741/859
Nuclear/Arms
81% 442/546
Colonialism
91% 461/506
Human Rights
83% 594/718
Economic Dev.
83% 356/431
Disarmament
78% 583/751
Overall
82% 4312/5260

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Islamic Republic of Iran Zimbabwe Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain yes 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes non_voting 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/56/152
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United …
2001
yes non_voting 100 / 54 / 15
A/RES/79/160
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2024
non_voting yes 119 / 53 / 10
A/RES/56/151
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2001
yes non_voting 109 / 53 / 6
A/RES/77/183
Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developm…
2022
yes non_voting 123 / 51 / 0
A/RES/80/192
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2025
non_voting yes 119 / 51 / 10
A/RES/56/148
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2001
yes non_voting 114 / 51 / 2
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes abstain 118 / 50 / 15
A/RES/74/68
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2019
yes abstain 118 / 50 / 15
A/RES/75/75
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2020
yes abstain 120 / 50 / 14
A/RES/76/27
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2021
yes abstain 125 / 50 / 14

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 79 / 67 / 40
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