Voting Comparison

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

vs
81%
agreement
4607 agreed · 1099 diverged
5706 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.

Angola
Lao People's Democratic Republic Yes No Abstain
Yes 4288 3 74
No 13 41 38
Abstain 139 5 169

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
80% 719/894
Nuclear/Arms
79% 459/579
Colonialism
86% 480/560
Human Rights
84% 645/772
Economic Dev.
79% 387/487
Disarmament
73% 570/779
Overall
81% 4607/5706

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Lao People's Democratic Republic Angola Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain yes 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
non_voting abstain 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes non_voting 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
yes non_voting 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/62/24
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2007
yes non_voting 109 / 55 / 15
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
no abstain 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2000
no abstain 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
abstain yes 104 / 54 / 29
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
abstain yes 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
abstain yes 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/60/51
Role of science and technology in the context of international security and dis…
2005
yes non_voting 110 / 53 / 17
A/RES/65/217
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2010
yes non_voting 131 / 53 / 0

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/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 80 / 61 / 42
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
yes 94 / 59 / 33