Voting Comparison

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

vs
3664 shared votes
28%
agreement
1015 agreed · 2649 diverged

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.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Marshall Islands Yes No Abstain
Yes 884 305 229
No 999 1 6
Abstain 541 17 56

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
15% 81/530
Nuclear/Arms
27% 84/312
Colonialism
37% 125/334
Human Rights
8% 41/537
Economic Dev.
40% 90/223
Disarmament
38% 169/445
Overall
28% 1015/3664

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Marshall Islands Democratic People's Republic of Korea 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
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
no yes 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no yes 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no yes 94 / 59 / 33

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 128 / 55 / 2
A/RES/63/167
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies :…
2008
yes 128 / 55 / 2
A/RES/64/173
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights tr…
2010
yes 131 / 53 / 2
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 131 / 53 / 2
A/RES/68/35
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 2010 Review …
2013
yes 120 / 53 / 9
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 128 / 52 / 4
A/RES/59/181
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies :…
2004
yes 128 / 52 / 4
A/RES/66/28
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 2010 Review …
2011
yes 118 / 52 / 6