Voting Comparison

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

vs
2857 shared votes
93%
agreement
2650 agreed · 207 diverged
2857 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.

Czechoslovakia
Mongolia Yes No Abstain
Yes 2101 15 100
No 1 280 1
Abstain 10 4 257

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
93% 391/420
Nuclear/Arms
90% 260/288
Colonialism
88% 226/258
Human Rights
90% 232/258
Economic Dev.
90% 254/282
Disarmament
94% 337/360
Overall
93% 2650/2857

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Mongolia Czechoslovakia Y / N / A
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
non_voting abstain 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/47/130
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1992
yes no 99 / 45 / 16
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
non_voting abstain 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/46/130
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1992
abstain no 102 / 40 / 13
A/RES/47/116D
Policies of apartheid of the government of South Africa : oil embargo against S…
1993
yes abstain 93 / 39 / 23
A/RES/47/116F
Policies of apartheid of the government of South Africa : relations between Sou…
1993
non_voting no 93 / 39 / 23
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
yes abstain 58 / 35 / 46
A/47/645
Activities of those foreign economic and other interests which impede the imple…
1992
yes no 95 / 34 / 0
A/RES/46/64
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the imple…
1991
non_voting no 109 / 34 / 16
A/RES/47/15
Activities of those foreign economic and other interests which impede the imple…
1992
yes no 95 / 34 / 12
A/RES/36/235XVII
Access to the language training programme by accredited staff of permanent miss…
1981
non_voting no 95 / 32 / 11
A/RES/46/79D
Relations between South Africa and Israel : resolution / adopted by the General…
1991
non_voting no 93 / 31 / 30

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/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia in…
1974
no 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1970
no 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/2025(XX)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1965
no 56 / 49 / 11
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1969
no 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2271(XXII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1967
no 69 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2159(XXI)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1966
no 66 / 48 / 7
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1968
no 73 / 47 / 5