Voting Comparison

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

vs
1605 shared votes
25%
agreement
403 agreed · 1202 diverged
1605 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.

South Sudan
North Macedonia Yes No Abstain
Yes 273 13 198
No 122 1 26
Abstain 98 8 70

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
20% 27/137
Nuclear/Arms
17% 20/121
Colonialism
23% 23/99
Human Rights
24% 45/185
Economic Dev.
24% 25/103
Disarmament
17% 26/154
Overall
25% 403/1605

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution North Macedonia South Sudan 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
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no non_voting 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2020
no yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2025
no non_voting 122 / 56 / 0
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/74/154
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2019
no non_voting 135 / 55 / 0
A/RES/74/159
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2019
no non_voting 136 / 55 / 0
A/RES/75/177
Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human r…
2020
no yes 130 / 55 / 1
A/RES/75/178
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2020
no yes 125 / 55 / 8
A/RES/76/162
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2021
no yes 131 / 55 / 0

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/69/180
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2014
non_voting 134 / 53 / 1
A/RES/69/173
Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights : resolution / ado…
2014
non_voting 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/69/176
Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human rights by a…
2014
non_voting 134 / 53 / 2
A/RES/69/178
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the…
2014
non_voting 129 / 53 / 6
A/RES/69/163
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the …
2014
non_voting 130 / 52 / 7
A/RES/77/42
No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2022
non_voting 122 / 50 / 4