Voting Comparison

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

vs
6721 shared votes
40%
agreement
2714 agreed · 4007 diverged
6721 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.

United States of America
Iceland Yes No Abstain
Yes 1486 1735 880
No 9 862 3
Abstain 50 1203 348

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
14% 129/896
Nuclear/Arms
47% 270/580
Colonialism
20% 113/563
Human Rights
42% 328/773
Economic Dev.
32% 155/491
Disarmament
46% 361/779
Overall
40% 2714/6721

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Iceland United States of America Y / N / A
37//6/
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections
1982
no abstain 131 / 54 / 0
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
yes no 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
abstain yes 56 / 54 / 24
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes no 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/78/230
Promotion of inclusive and effective international tax cooperation at the Unite…
2023
abstain no 111 / 46 / 10
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
yes no 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2008
yes no 106 / 46 / 34
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
abstain no 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/71/223
Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Ag…
2016
abstain no 134 / 44 / 7
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
yes no 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
abstain yes 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/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
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
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