Voting Comparison

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

vs
4824 shared votes
94%
agreement
4530 agreed · 294 diverged
4824 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.

Brunei Darussalam
Sri Lanka Yes No Abstain
Yes 4309 20 74
No 4 53 17
Abstain 90 26 165

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
99% 728/733
Nuclear/Arms
98% 442/453
Colonialism
98% 429/436
Human Rights
91% 590/650
Economic Dev.
91% 314/345
Disarmament
94% 601/641
Overall
94% 4530/4824

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Sri Lanka Brunei Darussalam Y / N / A
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
abstain no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
yes no 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2008
no abstain 69 / 54 / 57
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain yes 101 / 53 / 20
A/RES/60/150
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2005
abstain yes 101 / 53 / 20
A/RES/62/168
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2007
no abstain 73 / 53 / 55
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes no 135 / 53 / 1
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
no yes 73 / 48 / 46
A/RES/58/43
Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context : resoluti…
2003
no yes 73 / 48 / 46
A/RES/59/206
Situation of human rights in Turkmenistan : resolution / adopted by the General…
2004
abstain no 69 / 47 / 63
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2008
yes no 106 / 46 / 34

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
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
yes 91 / 59 / 10