Voting Comparison

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

vs
86%
agreement
5032 agreed · 818 diverged
5850 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.

Mozambique
Lao People's Democratic Republic Yes No Abstain
Yes 4763 1 44
No 9 26 49
Abstain 134 1 169

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
92% 826/896
Nuclear/Arms
91% 525/579
Colonialism
93% 524/563
Human Rights
87% 675/773
Economic Dev.
80% 392/491
Disarmament
84% 653/779
Overall
86% 5032/5850

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Lao People's Democratic Republic Mozambique 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 no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/68/152
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2013
yes non_voting 128 / 55 / 8
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
A/RES/67/170
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2012
yes non_voting 128 / 54 / 4
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/76/234
Promoting international cooperation on peaceful uses in the context of internat…
2021
yes non_voting 78 / 53 / 32
A/RES/61/97
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2006
yes non_voting 119 / 52 / 10
A/RES/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1995
yes non_voting 93 / 51 / 3

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
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
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
yes 94 / 59 / 33