Voting Comparison

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

vs
2916 shared votes
13%
agreement
390 agreed · 2526 diverged
2916 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.

Tonga
Israel Yes No Abstain
Yes 298 11 85
No 961 31 456
Abstain 357 2 24

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
0% 1/354
Nuclear/Arms
10% 23/238
Colonialism
2% 4/237
Human Rights
10% 44/427
Economic Dev.
15% 28/184
Disarmament
14% 46/325
Overall
13% 390/2916

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Israel Tonga Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no non_voting 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
no non_voting 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes non_voting 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
no non_voting 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2006
no non_voting 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2020
no yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2025
no yes 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
no non_voting 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
no abstain 109 / 56 / 10
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/74/154
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2019
no yes 135 / 55 / 0
A/RES/74/159
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2019
no yes 136 / 55 / 0

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
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/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
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
no 94 / 59 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/79/61
Strengthening and developing the system of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferatio…
2024
no 117 / 54 / 11
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0