Voting Comparison

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

vs
3806 shared votes
95%
agreement
3634 agreed · 172 diverged
3806 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.

Lithuania
Latvia Yes No Abstain
Yes 2185 2 25
No 1 682 14
Abstain 39 21 750

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
93% 491/530
Nuclear/Arms
93% 291/312
Colonialism
98% 326/334
Human Rights
96% 516/537
Economic Dev.
93% 208/223
Disarmament
94% 419/445
Overall
95% 3634/3806

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Latvia Lithuania Y / N / A
40/229
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for …
1985
abstain no 114 / 54 / 15
A/RES/57/217
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United …
2002
abstain no 114 / 54 / 15
A/RES/59/62
Role of science and technology in the context of international security and dis…
2004
non_voting no 106 / 48 / 21
A/RES/57/94
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2002
non_voting no 110 / 45 / 12
A/RES/49/75K
Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) o…
1994
no abstain 78 / 43 / 38
A/RES/51/39
The role of science and technology in the context of international security and…
1996
abstain no 105 / 39 / 24
A/RES/50/11
Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995
abstain non_voting 97 / 36 / 29
A/RES/51/30I
Emergency Assistance to the Sudan
1996
non_voting no 103 / 34 / 15
A/RES/77/23
Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat
2022
abstain no 90 / 30 / 47
A/RES/54/54Q
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
1999
abstain no 114 / 28 / 22
A/RES/79/82
Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by th…
2024
abstain no 101 / 27 / 42
A/RES/58/162
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2003
abstain no 125 / 26 / 29

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