Voting Comparison

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

vs
6388 shared votes
33%
agreement
2116 agreed · 4272 diverged
6388 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.

Israel
Malta Yes No Abstain
Yes 1438 1985 1070
No 14 447 24
Abstain 54 481 213

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
3% 24/896
Nuclear/Arms
33% 191/579
Colonialism
16% 90/563
Human Rights
38% 291/773
Economic Dev.
30% 149/491
Disarmament
41% 323/779
Overall
33% 2116/6388

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Malta Israel Y / N / A
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
no yes 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/79/160
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2024
no yes 119 / 53 / 10
A/RES/80/192
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2025
no yes 119 / 51 / 10
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no yes 59 / 51 / 29
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes no 124 / 50 / 13
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no yes 120 / 50 / 10
A/RES/77/204
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2022
no yes 120 / 50 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no yes 118 / 49 / 14
A/RES/51/140
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1996
yes no 107 / 49 / 4
A/RES/78/190
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2023
no yes 118 / 49 / 14
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
abstain no 115 / 48 / 18
A/RES/61/78
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
abstain no 115 / 48 / 18

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
no 94 / 71 / 23
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
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
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/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
no 79 / 60 / 33