Voting Comparison

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

vs
6411 shared votes
87%
agreement
5547 agreed · 864 diverged
6411 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.

Guinea
Mali Yes No Abstain
Yes 5286 7 100
No 19 24 22
Abstain 123 19 151

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% 809/896
Nuclear/Arms
87% 506/579
Colonialism
88% 498/563
Human Rights
86% 668/773
Economic Dev.
87% 429/491
Disarmament
88% 688/779
Overall
87% 5547/6411

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Mali Guinea Y / N / A
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain yes 128 / 55 / 8
A/RES/68/152
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2013
abstain yes 128 / 55 / 8
32/97
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes abstain 100 / 54 / 15
A/RES/56/152
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United …
2001
yes abstain 100 / 54 / 15
A/RES/59/205
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2004
non_voting no 71 / 54 / 55
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
yes abstain 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2008
abstain no 69 / 54 / 57
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes abstain 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes abstain 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/77/96
Promoting international cooperation on peaceful uses in the context of internat…
2022
yes non_voting 94 / 53 / 28
A/RES/78/237
Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context …
2023
yes non_voting 104 / 53 / 7
A/RES/80/194
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2025
non_voting yes 121 / 53 / 5

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
yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33