Voting Comparison

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

vs
3709 shared votes
90%
agreement
3355 agreed · 354 diverged
3709 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.

Liechtenstein
Moldova Yes No Abstain
Yes 2235 3 42
No 3 455 27
Abstain 136 42 663

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% 469/502
Nuclear/Arms
83% 250/301
Colonialism
92% 294/319
Human Rights
91% 478/526
Economic Dev.
89% 192/215
Disarmament
90% 386/431
Overall
90% 3355/3709

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Moldova Liechtenstein Y / N / A
A/RES/58/195
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2003
non_voting yes 68 / 54 / 51
A/RES/62/145
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2007
no abstain 127 / 52 / 6
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no abstain 127 / 52 / 6
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no abstain 127 / 51 / 7
A/RES/61/151
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2006
no abstain 127 / 51 / 7
A/RES/59/195
Human rights and terrorism : resolution / adopted by the General Assemly
2004
non_voting no 127 / 50 / 8
A/RES/60/88
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2005
abstain no 111 / 49 / 13
A/RES/73/268B
Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of…
2019
non_voting no 101 / 49 / 0
47/147
Situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia
1992
abstain no 115 / 49 / 15
A/RES/60/79
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2005
abstain no 115 / 49 / 15
A/RES/74/267
Enlargement of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions…
2020
abstain no 120 / 48 / 4
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
abstain no 73 / 48 / 46

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