Voting Comparison

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

vs
4155 shared votes
39%
agreement
1612 agreed · 2543 diverged
4155 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
Republic of Korea Yes No Abstain
Yes 1034 1312 301
No 3 442 1
Abstain 76 805 128

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
3% 17/530
Nuclear/Arms
35% 108/312
Colonialism
16% 52/334
Human Rights
38% 203/537
Economic Dev.
20% 45/223
Disarmament
39% 175/445
Overall
39% 1612/4155

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Republic of Korea United States of America Y / N / A
A/RES/58/195
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2003
abstain yes 68 / 54 / 51
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
abstain yes 67 / 54 / 46
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
abstain yes 68 / 54 / 51
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2000
abstain yes 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/59/205
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2004
abstain yes 71 / 54 / 55
37//6/
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections
1982
no abstain 131 / 54 / 0
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
abstain no 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2008
abstain yes 69 / 54 / 57
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain no 101 / 53 / 20
A/RES/60/150
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2005
abstain no 101 / 53 / 20
A/RES/62/168
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2007
abstain yes 73 / 53 / 55
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
abstain no 131 / 53 / 7

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
no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
no 79 / 60 / 33