Voting Comparison

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

vs
3761 shared votes
83%
agreement
3107 agreed · 654 diverged
3761 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.

Namibia
Lesotho Yes No Abstain
Yes 2884 4 68
No 2 8
Abstain 74 4 135

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
68% 377/557
Nuclear/Arms
86% 283/329
Colonialism
76% 264/349
Human Rights
76% 416/547
Economic Dev.
84% 193/229
Disarmament
86% 396/461
Overall
83% 3107/3761

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Lesotho Namibia Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
abstain yes 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/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
abstain yes 79 / 60 / 33
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/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
abstain yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/80/205
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2025
yes non_voting 122 / 55 / 1
A/RES/79/61
Strengthening and developing the system of arms control, disarmament and non-pr…
2024
abstain yes 117 / 54 / 11
A/RES/56/152
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United …
2001
non_voting yes 100 / 54 / 15

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
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
yes 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 86 / 64 / 26
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1997
yes 96 / 58 / 12
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1994
yes 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2020
yes 131 / 56 / 0