Voting Comparison

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

vs
3892 shared votes
91%
agreement
3543 agreed · 349 diverged
3892 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.

Liechtenstein
Malta Yes No Abstain
Yes 2518 5 219
No 2 452 21
Abstain 22 52 572

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
82% 456/557
Nuclear/Arms
83% 273/329
Colonialism
90% 314/349
Human Rights
84% 458/547
Economic Dev.
89% 204/229
Disarmament
89% 412/461
Overall
91% 3543/3892

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Malta Liechtenstein Y / N / A
A/RES/62/145
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2007
no abstain 127 / 52 / 6
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no abstain 127 / 52 / 6
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no abstain 127 / 51 / 7
A/RES/61/151
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2006
no abstain 127 / 51 / 7
A/RES/51/140
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1996
yes no 107 / 49 / 4
A/RES/61/78
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
abstain no 115 / 48 / 18
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
abstain no 115 / 48 / 18
A/RES/62/42
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
abstain no 117 / 47 / 17
48/140
The situation in the Sudan
1993
abstain no 117 / 47 / 17
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain no 91 / 46 / 26
A/RES/52/120
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1997
abstain no 91 / 46 / 26
A/RES/53/77S
Transparency in armaments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1998
abstain no 104 / 46 / 17

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
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
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