Voting Comparison

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

vs
4596 shared votes
29%
agreement
1338 agreed · 3258 diverged
4596 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.

Canada
Saint Kitts and Nevis Yes No Abstain
Yes 1282 779 630
No 20 5 3
Abstain 90 32 45

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
16% 125/769
Nuclear/Arms
26% 126/485
Colonialism
21% 95/451
Human Rights
15% 102/667
Economic Dev.
29% 106/369
Disarmament
33% 224/678
Overall
29% 1338/4596

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Saint Kitts and Nevis Canada 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
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
non_voting no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
abstain yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain 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
yes no 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
yes 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
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 124 / 50 / 13
A/RES/56/171
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2001
yes 72 / 49 / 46
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/4l/L.43
The auestion of Palestine
1986
no 66 / 38 / 41
A/RES/70/173
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2015
yes 81 / 37 / 67
A/RES/79/330
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization : resolu…
2025
yes 118 / 36 / 11
A/RES/68/184
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2013
yes 86 / 36 / 61
A/RES/69/190
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2014
yes 83 / 35 / 68