Voting Comparison

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

vs
6615 shared votes
93%
agreement
6183 agreed · 432 diverged
6615 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.

Luxembourg
Italy Yes No Abstain
Yes 3540 9 120
No 6 1025 32
Abstain 84 104 1609

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
98% 880/896
Nuclear/Arms
94% 544/580
Colonialism
96% 538/563
Human Rights
96% 740/773
Economic Dev.
90% 443/491
Disarmament
95% 740/779
Overall
93% 6183/6615

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Italy Luxembourg Y / N / A
A/RES/70/38
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2015
abstain no 121 / 48 / 12
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain no 118 / 44 / 17
A/RES/72/29
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2017
abstain no 118 / 44 / 17
47/147
Situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia
1992
yes no 113 / 35 / 13
A/RES/76/23
No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2021
abstain no 130 / 35 / 20
A/RES/2758(XXVI)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the Unite…
1971
yes abstain 76 / 35 / 17
A/RES/71/258
Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / ado…
2016
yes no 113 / 35 / 13
A/59/516/Add.1
United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning
2005
yes no 84 / 34 / 37
32/95
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1977
abstain no 131 / 34 / 19
A/RES/75/37
No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2020
abstain no 132 / 34 / 21
A/RES/59/280
United Nations declaration on human cloning : resolution / adopted by the Gener…
2005
yes no 84 / 34 / 37
A/RES/71/189
Declaration on the Right to Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2016
abstain no 131 / 34 / 19

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