Voting Comparison

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

vs
3678 shared votes
34%
agreement
1236 agreed · 2442 diverged
3678 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.

United States of America
Moldova Yes No Abstain
Yes 671 1280 311
No 3 469 2
Abstain 28 719 94

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
4% 19/502
Nuclear/Arms
41% 123/301
Colonialism
17% 54/319
Human Rights
41% 217/526
Economic Dev.
27% 58/215
Disarmament
42% 181/431
Overall
34% 1236/3678

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Moldova United States of America 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
37//6/
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections
1982
no abstain 131 / 54 / 0
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
yes no 104 / 54 / 29
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes no 135 / 53 / 1
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