Voting Comparison

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

vs
2464 shared votes
37%
agreement
923 agreed · 1541 diverged
2464 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.

Democratic Yemen
Italy Yes No Abstain
Yes 902 71 87
No 336 1 3
Abstain 930 2 10

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
42% 143/339
Nuclear/Arms
25% 62/251
Colonialism
33% 71/214
Human Rights
26% 58/226
Economic Dev.
29% 75/262
Disarmament
27% 86/318
Overall
37% 923/2464

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Italy Democratic Yemen Y / N / A
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
yes 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/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1969
yes no 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1968
yes no 73 / 47 / 5
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
abstain yes 50 / 46 / 50
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/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
abstain yes 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes no 56 / 42 / 34
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violatio…
1980
yes no 57 / 39 / 46

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
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
A/RES/38/183A
Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1983
no 88 / 31 / 24
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 124 / 24 / 2
A/RES/36/155
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador : resolution / adopted …
1981
yes 69 / 22 / 53
A/40/996
Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Sec…
1985
yes 114 / 21 / 16
A/RES/36/157
Protection of human rights in Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
yes 84 / 20 / 42
40/84
-Implementation of General Assembly resolution 39/51 concerning the signature and ratific…
1985
yes 101 / 19 / 25