Voting Comparison

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

vs
6600 shared votes
17%
agreement
1144 agreed · 5456 diverged
6600 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.

United States of America
Mali Yes No Abstain
Yes 1109 3621 1173
No 66 8 2
Abstain 271 52 22

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
6% 51/896
Nuclear/Arms
14% 83/579
Colonialism
3% 16/563
Human Rights
7% 57/773
Economic Dev.
10% 49/491
Disarmament
19% 146/779
Overall
17% 1144/6600

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Mali United States of America Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes no 79 / 60 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes no 91 / 59 / 10

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/78/30
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 2010 Review …
2023
no 116 / 45 / 19
A/RES/78/53
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2023
no 121 / 44 / 17
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/78/41
Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world : resolution / adopted by the General…
2023
no 135 / 38 / 12
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / …
1982
yes 81 / 38 / 20
A/RES/56/175
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2001
abstain 79 / 37 / 48
A/RES/78/33
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality o…
2023
no 135 / 35 / 15
A/RES/78/27
Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament :…
2023
no 140 / 35 / 10