Voting Comparison

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

vs
3810 shared votes
96%
agreement
3656 agreed · 154 diverged
3810 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.

Estonia
Lithuania Yes No Abstain
Yes 2206 2 33
No 4 681 20
Abstain 33 5 754

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
96% 508/530
Nuclear/Arms
92% 287/312
Colonialism
95% 318/334
Human Rights
97% 522/537
Economic Dev.
94% 209/223
Disarmament
94% 419/445
Overall
96% 3656/3810

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Lithuania Estonia Y / N / A
A/RES/49/75K
Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) o…
1994
abstain no 78 / 43 / 38
A/RES/50/11
Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995
non_voting abstain 97 / 36 / 29
A/RES/49/186
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for …
1994
no abstain 110 / 35 / 24
47/147
Situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia
1992
no yes 113 / 35 / 13
A/RES/71/258
Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / ado…
2016
no yes 113 / 35 / 13
A/RES/46/79D
Relations between South Africa and Israel : resolution / adopted by the General…
1991
no non_voting 93 / 31 / 30
A/RES/51/46D
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
1996
no abstain 114 / 31 / 27
A/RES/50/96
Economic measures as a means of political and economic coersion against develop…
1995
no non_voting 100 / 30 / 22
A/RES/57/85
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2002
no abstain 117 / 30 / 24
A/RES/56/24[S]
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2001
no abstain 111 / 29 / 21
A/RES/58/46
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2003
no abstain 124 / 29 / 22
A/RES/59/83
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2004
no abstain 132 / 29 / 24

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