Voting Comparison

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

vs
6728 shared votes
90%
agreement
6034 agreed · 694 diverged
6728 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.

Peru
Mexico Yes No Abstain
Yes 5815 15 273
No 6 4 7
Abstain 266 4 213

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
90% 803/896
Nuclear/Arms
95% 549/579
Colonialism
91% 513/563
Human Rights
84% 652/773
Economic Dev.
93% 458/491
Disarmament
94% 732/779
Overall
90% 6034/6728

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Mexico Peru Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no abstain 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
yes abstain 109 / 56 / 10
39/201
Long- term financing and the future role of the United Nations Institute for Tr…
1984
yes abstain 106 / 55 / 19
39/201
Long- term financing and the future role of the United Nations Institute for Tr…
1984
yes abstain 118 / 55 / 13
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes abstain 109 / 55 / 15
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes abstain 120 / 55 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain yes 128 / 55 / 8
A/RES/58/188
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the UN to …
2003
yes abstain 106 / 55 / 19
A/RES/59/204
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United …
2004
yes abstain 118 / 55 / 13

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
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/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
abstain 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 96 / 58 / 12