Voting Comparison

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

vs
6395 shared votes
35%
agreement
2235 agreed · 4160 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.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Liberia Yes No Abstain
Yes 2039 1218 1154
No 29 46 21
Abstain 176 127 143

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
40% 356/896
Nuclear/Arms
19% 110/580
Colonialism
23% 129/563
Human Rights
23% 174/773
Economic Dev.
33% 161/491
Disarmament
32% 249/779
Overall
35% 2235/6395

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Liberia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
non_voting yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
non_voting no 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
abstain no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
non_voting no 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes no 96 / 58 / 12

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2008
yes 69 / 54 / 57
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia in…
1974
yes 56 / 54 / 24
32/95
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1977
no 86 / 53 / 42
A/RES/77/96
Promoting international cooperation on peaceful uses in the context of international secu…
2022
no 94 / 53 / 28
A/RES/62/168
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2007
yes 73 / 53 / 55
A/RES/63/171
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
no 86 / 53 / 42