Voting Comparison

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

vs
5697 shared votes
73%
agreement
4178 agreed · 1519 diverged
5697 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.

Suriname
Cambodia Yes No Abstain
Yes 3986 4 57
No 14 5 31
Abstain 73 2 88

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
66% 592/896
Nuclear/Arms
68% 392/579
Colonialism
67% 375/563
Human Rights
68% 523/773
Economic Dev.
71% 348/491
Disarmament
71% 556/779
Overall
73% 4178/5697

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Cambodia Suriname Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
non_voting yes 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
non_voting yes 96 / 58 / 12
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain yes 97 / 57 / 14
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
abstain yes 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
no yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2000
non_voting yes 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
yes no 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2008
non_voting abstain 69 / 54 / 57
A/RES/76/234
Promoting international cooperation on peaceful uses in the context of internat…
2021
yes non_voting 78 / 53 / 32
A/RES/77/96
Promoting international cooperation on peaceful uses in the context of internat…
2022
yes non_voting 94 / 53 / 28
A/RES/79/80
Promoting International Cooperation on Peaceful Uses in the Context of Internat…
2024
yes non_voting 105 / 53 / 24

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 79 / 67 / 40
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/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 80 / 61 / 42
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