Voting Comparison
Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.
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 |
| Malta |
Yes |
No |
Abstain |
| Yes |
1344
|
2571
|
1015
|
| No |
5
|
471
|
2
|
| Abstain |
24
|
613
|
111
|
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.
Most Divergent Votes
Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.
| Resolution |
Malta |
United States of America |
Y / N / A |
|
37//6/
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections
1982
|
no |
abstain |
131 /
54 /
0
|
|
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
|
yes |
no |
104 /
54 /
29
|
|
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
|
no |
yes |
56 /
54 /
24
|
|
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
|
yes |
no |
131 /
53 /
7
|
|
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
|
yes |
no |
135 /
53 /
1
|
|
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
|
no |
yes |
59 /
51 /
29
|
|
A/RES/51/140
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1996
|
yes |
no |
107 /
49 /
4
|
|
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
|
|
48/140
The situation in the Sudan
1993
|
abstain |
no |
117 /
47 /
17
|
|
A/RES/62/42
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
|
abstain |
no |
117 /
47 /
17
|
|
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
|
abstain |
no |
91 /
46 /
26
|
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
|
