Voting Comparison

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

vs
2773 shared votes
29%
agreement
795 agreed · 1978 diverged
2773 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.

Nauru
North Macedonia Yes No Abstain
Yes 615 280 159
No 201 30 31
Abstain 196 107 67

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
12% 44/354
Nuclear/Arms
23% 54/238
Colonialism
22% 51/236
Human Rights
26% 111/427
Economic Dev.
38% 70/184
Disarmament
29% 93/325
Overall
29% 795/2773

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution North Macedonia Nauru Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no non_voting 94 / 71 / 23
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/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 abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
no non_voting 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2006
no non_voting 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
no non_voting 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
no non_voting 109 / 56 / 10
A/RES/75/177
Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human r…
2020
no non_voting 130 / 55 / 1
A/RES/75/178
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2020
no yes 125 / 55 / 8

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
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/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/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2020
no 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2025
no 122 / 56 / 0
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/74/154
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2019
no 135 / 55 / 0