Voting Comparison

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

vs
6710 shared votes
53%
agreement
3531 agreed · 3179 diverged
6710 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.

Canada
Israel Yes No Abstain
Yes 1606 51 204
No 926 1295 798
Abstain 685 134 618

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
29% 256/896
Nuclear/Arms
54% 312/580
Colonialism
39% 220/563
Human Rights
63% 486/773
Economic Dev.
53% 260/491
Disarmament
56% 436/779
Overall
53% 3531/6710

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Israel Canada Y / N / A
A/RES/79/160
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2024
yes no 119 / 53 / 10
A/RES/80/192
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2025
yes no 119 / 51 / 10
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no yes 124 / 50 / 13
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes no 120 / 50 / 10
A/RES/77/204
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2022
yes no 120 / 50 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes no 118 / 49 / 14
A/RES/78/190
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2023
yes no 118 / 49 / 14
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
no abstain 73 / 48 / 46
A/RES/58/43
Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context : resoluti…
2003
no abstain 73 / 48 / 46
A/RES/66/257
Progress towards an accountability system in the United Nations Secretariat : r…
2012
non_voting no 98 / 48 / 4
32/128
Question of Brunei
1977
abstain no 114 / 47 / 17
A/RES/77/250
Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space : …
2022
non_voting no 115 / 47 / 7

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