Voting Comparison
Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.
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 States of America |
| Liechtenstein |
Yes |
No |
Abstain |
| Yes |
718
|
1461
|
345
|
| No |
—
|
498
|
1
|
| Abstain |
26
|
683
|
103
|
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.
Most Divergent Votes
Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.
| Resolution |
Liechtenstein |
United States of America |
Y / N / A |
|
37//6/
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections
1982
|
no |
abstain |
131 /
54 /
0
|
|
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
|
yes |
no |
104 /
54 /
29
|
|
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/62/145
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2007
|
abstain |
no |
127 /
52 /
6
|
|
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
|
abstain |
no |
127 /
52 /
6
|
|
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
|
abstain |
no |
127 /
51 /
7
|
|
A/RES/61/151
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2006
|
abstain |
no |
127 /
51 /
7
|
|
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
|
abstain |
no |
129 /
46 /
13
|
|
A/RES/59/178
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2004
|
abstain |
no |
129 /
46 /
13
|
|
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
|
abstain |
no |
105 /
46 /
6
|
|
A/RES/62/220
Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xeno…
2007
|
abstain |
no |
105 /
46 /
6
|
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
|
no |
94 /
71 /
23
|
|
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
|
no |
79 /
67 /
40
|
|
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
|
no |
79 /
67 /
40
|
|
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
|
no |
86 /
64 /
26
|
|
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
|
no |
86 /
64 /
26
|
|
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
|
yes |
80 /
62 /
33
|
|
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
|
no |
80 /
61 /
42
|
|
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
|
no |
79 /
60 /
33
|
