Voting Comparison

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

vs
3689 shared votes
89%
agreement
3281 agreed · 408 diverged
3689 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.

San Marino
Malta Yes No Abstain
Yes 2316 3 137
No 4 440 19
Abstain 17 30 522

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
75% 375/502
Nuclear/Arms
83% 251/301
Colonialism
86% 274/319
Human Rights
81% 427/526
Economic Dev.
88% 190/215
Disarmament
87% 377/431
Overall
89% 3281/3689

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Malta San Marino Y / N / A
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no abstain 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
no non_voting 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
no non_voting 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1995
no non_voting 93 / 51 / 3
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