Voting Comparison

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

vs
6495 shared votes
87%
agreement
5681 agreed · 814 diverged
6495 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.

Yemen
Libya Yes No Abstain
Yes 5417 14 110
No 13 53 38
Abstain 122 10 159

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
97% 865/895
Nuclear/Arms
94% 547/579
Colonialism
94% 532/563
Human Rights
82% 633/772
Economic Dev.
88% 431/491
Disarmament
89% 691/779
Overall
87% 5681/6495

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Libya Yemen Y / N / A
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no non_voting 80 / 62 / 33
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes abstain 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2000
no non_voting 67 / 54 / 46
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes no 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1995
yes no 93 / 51 / 3
A/RES/75/240
Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context …
2020
abstain yes 92 / 50 / 21
A/RES/73/268B
Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of…
2019
yes non_voting 101 / 49 / 0
A/RES/56/171
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2001
no non_voting 72 / 49 / 46
A/RES/2025(XX)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1965
yes no 56 / 49 / 11
A/RES/64/176
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2010
no non_voting 74 / 49 / 59
A/RES/74/267
Enlargement of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions…
2020
yes non_voting 120 / 48 / 4

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
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