Voting Comparison
Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.
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.
|
German Democratic Republic |
| Japan |
Yes |
No |
Abstain |
| Yes |
830
|
169
|
157
|
| No |
171
|
29
|
8
|
| Abstain |
743
|
35
|
38
|
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.
Most Divergent Votes
Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.
| Resolution |
Japan |
German Democratic Republic |
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/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
|
yes |
no |
59 /
51 /
29
|
|
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
|
no |
non_voting |
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
|
no |
non_voting |
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
|
|
A/4l/L.43
The auestion of Palestine
1986
|
no |
yes |
66 /
38 /
41
|
|
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : res…
1982
|
yes |
no |
81 /
38 /
20
|
|
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
|
no |
non_voting |
58 /
35 /
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
|
|
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
|
no |
101 /
33 /
0
|
|
A/RES/34/219[I]
Personnel questions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
|
no |
101 /
33 /
1
|
|
A/RES/36/235XVII
Access to the language training programme by accredited staff of permanent mission at Hea…
1981
|
no |
95 /
32 /
11
|
|
A/RES/38/183A
Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1983
|
no |
88 /
31 /
24
|
|
A/RES/33/31[B]
Question of Western Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1978
|
abstain |
66 /
30 /
40
|
|
A/RES/37/167
United Nations Conference for the Promotion of International Co-operation in the Peaceful…
1982
|
no |
111 /
26 /
7
|
|
A/RES/36/235VI
Training programme for the English and French translators/precis-writers at the Economic …
1981
|
no |
113 /
25 /
0
|
