Voting Comparison

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

vs
3018 shared votes
42%
agreement
1262 agreed · 1756 diverged

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.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Iceland Yes No Abstain
Yes 1184 361 257
No 240 10 16
Abstain 754 23 54

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
41% 163/394
Nuclear/Arms
37% 103/278
Colonialism
45% 111/244
Human Rights
30% 74/247
Economic Dev.
31% 86/276
Disarmament
42% 145/348
Overall
42% 1262/3018

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Iceland Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 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/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1970
yes no 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/2025(XX)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1965
yes no 56 / 49 / 11
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1969
yes no 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2271(XXII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1967
yes no 69 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2159(XXI)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1966
yes no 66 / 48 / 7
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1968
yes no 73 / 47 / 5
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
abstain yes 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no yes 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
yes no 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
abstain no 56 / 42 / 34

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/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
yes 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
yes 54 / 42 / 46
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/46/130
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1992
no 102 / 40 / 13
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
yes 58 / 35 / 46
A/RES/2758(XXVI)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations …
1971
yes 76 / 35 / 17
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no 101 / 33 / 0
A/RES/34/219[I]
Personnel questions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
no 101 / 33 / 1