Voting Comparison

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

vs
5925 shared votes
69%
agreement
4112 agreed · 1813 diverged

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.

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Liberia Yes No Abstain
Yes 3112 20 181
No 32 8 13
Abstain 127 12 193

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
61% 548/896
Nuclear/Arms
71% 413/579
Colonialism
60% 336/563
Human Rights
57% 439/773
Economic Dev.
71% 351/491
Disarmament
71% 553/779
Overall
69% 4112/5925

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Liberia Democratic Republic of the Congo Y / N / A
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/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
non_voting yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
non_voting yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2020
yes non_voting 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
abstain yes 87 / 56 / 26
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain yes 128 / 55 / 8
A/RES/74/154
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2019
yes non_voting 135 / 55 / 0
A/RES/75/178
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2020
abstain non_voting 125 / 55 / 8
A/RES/80/208
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2025
yes non_voting 119 / 55 / 7
A/RES/57/213
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2002
non_voting yes 116 / 55 / 7
A/RES/57/222
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2002
non_voting yes 122 / 55 / 1

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
yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain 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/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
non_voting 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
abstain 94 / 59 / 33