Voting Comparison

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

vs
4826 shared votes
90%
agreement
4363 agreed · 463 diverged
4826 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.

Brunei Darussalam
Lebanon Yes No Abstain
Yes 4188 18 72
No 9 50 15
Abstain 126 24 122

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
99% 726/733
Nuclear/Arms
94% 426/453
Colonialism
96% 418/436
Human Rights
87% 567/650
Economic Dev.
92% 318/345
Disarmament
89% 569/641
Overall
90% 4363/4826

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Lebanon Brunei Darussalam 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/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
no abstain 69 / 54 / 57
A/RES/62/168
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2007
no abstain 73 / 53 / 55
A/RES/76/234
Promoting international cooperation on peaceful uses in the context of internat…
2021
abstain yes 78 / 53 / 32
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
abstain no 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
abstain no 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/59/181
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treat…
2004
non_voting yes 128 / 52 / 4
A/RES/53/77S
Transparency in armaments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1998
non_voting yes 104 / 46 / 17
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2008
abstain no 106 / 46 / 34
A/RES/52/38B
Transparency in armaments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1997
non_voting yes 98 / 45 / 13
A/RES/48/46
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1993
non_voting yes 111 / 43 / 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/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
no 80 / 62 / 33
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
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 91 / 59 / 10