Voting Comparison

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

vs
5859 shared votes
86%
agreement
5017 agreed · 842 diverged
5859 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.

Mozambique
Kenya Yes No Abstain
Yes 4779 24 93
No 6 2 1
Abstain 167 5 188

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
80% 719/896
Nuclear/Arms
91% 526/579
Colonialism
87% 491/563
Human Rights
86% 665/773
Economic Dev.
85% 415/491
Disarmament
87% 674/779
Overall
86% 5017/5859

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Kenya Mozambique Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
abstain no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/68/152
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2013
abstain non_voting 128 / 55 / 8
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
abstain yes 111 / 54 / 18
A/RES/61/55
Role of science and technology in the context of international security and dis…
2006
non_voting yes 108 / 54 / 16
A/RES/61/164
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
abstain yes 111 / 54 / 18
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
abstain yes 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/67/170
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2012
yes non_voting 128 / 54 / 4
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain yes 101 / 53 / 20
32/95
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1977
abstain yes 86 / 53 / 42

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
yes 94 / 71 / 23
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 96 / 58 / 12