Voting Comparison

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

vs
6516 shared votes
88%
agreement
5731 agreed · 785 diverged
6516 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.

Tunisia
Lebanon Yes No Abstain
Yes 5489 7 72
No 29 37 19
Abstain 199 6 177

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
98% 881/896
Nuclear/Arms
93% 540/579
Colonialism
92% 519/563
Human Rights
85% 657/773
Economic Dev.
87% 426/491
Disarmament
90% 703/779
Overall
88% 5731/6516

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Lebanon Tunisia 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/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes abstain 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes non_voting 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
abstain non_voting 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/78/237
Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context …
2023
yes non_voting 104 / 53 / 7
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes abstain 127 / 52 / 6
A/RES/59/181
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treat…
2004
non_voting yes 128 / 52 / 4
A/RES/62/145
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2007
yes abstain 127 / 52 / 6
A/RES/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1970
yes no 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/73/268B
Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of…
2019
yes non_voting 101 / 49 / 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/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/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 96 / 58 / 12