Voting Comparison

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

vs
3605 shared votes
12%
agreement
432 agreed · 3173 diverged
3605 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.

United States of America
Kyrgyzstan Yes No Abstain
Yes 402 1981 319
No 40
Abstain 132 214 27

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
1% 6/502
Nuclear/Arms
12% 37/301
Colonialism
4% 13/319
Human Rights
8% 43/526
Economic Dev.
9% 19/215
Disarmament
22% 93/431
Overall
12% 432/3605

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Kyrgyzstan United States of America Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes no 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
non_voting no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain no 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
abstain no 96 / 58 / 12

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/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/67/202
Entrepreneurship for development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2012
yes 141 / 31 / 11
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 141 / 31 / 11
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 133 / 30 / 7
A/RES/69/210
Entrepreneurship for development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2014
yes 133 / 30 / 7
A/RES/79/201
Entrepreneurship for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2024
yes 146 / 30 / 7