Voting Comparison

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

vs
4834 shared votes
93%
agreement
4489 agreed · 345 diverged
4834 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.

Brunei Darussalam
Maldives Yes No Abstain
Yes 4339 27 123
No 1 46 8
Abstain 61 21 101

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% 707/733
Nuclear/Arms
97% 439/453
Colonialism
99% 432/436
Human Rights
84% 547/650
Economic Dev.
93% 321/345
Disarmament
95% 610/641
Overall
93% 4489/4834

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Maldives Brunei Darussalam Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no yes 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/57/222
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2002
non_voting yes 122 / 55 / 1
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2008
non_voting abstain 69 / 54 / 57
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes abstain 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes abstain 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/77/96
Promoting international cooperation on peaceful uses in the context of internat…
2022
abstain yes 94 / 53 / 28
A/RES/62/168
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2007
no abstain 73 / 53 / 55
A/RES/58/171
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2003
non_voting yes 125 / 53 / 0
A/RES/76/234
Promoting international cooperation on peaceful uses in the context of internat…
2021
abstain yes 78 / 53 / 32
A/RES/59/188
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2004
non_voting yes 132 / 53 / 0
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
abstain yes 126 / 52 / 5
A/RES/64/174
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2010
abstain yes 126 / 52 / 5

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 91 / 59 / 10