Voting Comparison

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

vs
6442 shared votes
14%
agreement
912 agreed · 5530 diverged
6442 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
Cambodia Yes No Abstain
Yes 866 3127 914
No 66 7
Abstain 140 67 25

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
5% 45/896
Nuclear/Arms
11% 63/580
Colonialism
4% 22/563
Human Rights
7% 56/773
Economic Dev.
8% 41/491
Disarmament
17% 136/779
Overall
14% 912/6442

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Cambodia United States of America Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
non_voting 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
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no yes 80 / 62 / 33
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
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 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
yes no 91 / 59 / 10

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1995
no 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia in…
1974
yes 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1970
yes 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
no 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/49/75K
Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the lega…
1994
no 78 / 43 / 38
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
yes 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
no 54 / 42 / 46