Voting Comparison

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

vs
3738 shared votes
59%
agreement
2201 agreed · 1537 diverged
3738 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.

Australia
Marshall Islands Yes No Abstain
Yes 1381 109 197
No 215 565 241
Abstain 290 121 247

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
42% 220/530
Nuclear/Arms
48% 149/312
Colonialism
57% 189/334
Human Rights
69% 369/537
Economic Dev.
53% 118/223
Disarmament
56% 249/445
Overall
59% 2201/3738

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Marshall Islands Australia Y / N / A
A/RES/80/205
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2025
non_voting no 122 / 55 / 1
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes no 128 / 55 / 2
A/RES/63/167
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treat…
2008
yes no 128 / 55 / 2
A/RES/64/173
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human…
2010
yes no 131 / 53 / 2
A/RES/80/206
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human…
2025
non_voting no 124 / 53 / 1
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes no 131 / 53 / 2
A/RES/68/35
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2013
yes no 120 / 53 / 9
A/RES/80/154
Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developm…
2025
non_voting no 125 / 52 / 1
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes no 128 / 52 / 4
A/RES/59/181
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treat…
2004
yes no 128 / 52 / 4
A/RES/66/28
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2011
yes no 118 / 52 / 6
A/RES/79/225
Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developm…
2024
non_voting no 129 / 52 / 1

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