Voting Comparison

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

vs
6420 shared votes
88%
agreement
5659 agreed · 761 diverged
6420 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.

Malaysia
Maldives Yes No Abstain
Yes 5460 18 157
No 13 48 6
Abstain 81 19 142

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
97% 871/896
Nuclear/Arms
98% 565/579
Colonialism
99% 555/563
Human Rights
87% 670/773
Economic Dev.
92% 454/491
Disarmament
96% 750/779
Overall
88% 5659/6420

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Maldives Malaysia Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no abstain 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
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes abstain 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2008
non_voting no 69 / 54 / 57
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
non_voting yes 56 / 54 / 24
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no yes 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
no yes 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/76/234
Promoting international cooperation on peaceful uses in the context of internat…
2021
abstain yes 78 / 53 / 32
A/RES/77/96
Promoting international cooperation on peaceful uses in the context of internat…
2022
abstain yes 94 / 53 / 28
A/RES/58/171
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2003
non_voting yes 125 / 53 / 0
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

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