Voting Comparison

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

vs
2199 shared votes
98%
agreement
2146 agreed · 53 diverged
2199 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.

German Democratic Republic
Mongolia Yes No Abstain
Yes 1721 1 2
No 219 1
Abstain 4 3 191

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
100% 338/339
Nuclear/Arms
99% 247/250
Colonialism
99% 211/214
Human Rights
99% 224/226
Economic Dev.
94% 247/262
Disarmament
99% 316/318
Overall
98% 2146/2199

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Mongolia German Democratic Republic Y / N / A
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
yes non_voting 58 / 35 / 46
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/34/40
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
yes non_voting 62 / 31 / 45
A/RES/33/138
Question of the composition of the relevant organs of the United Nations : amen…
1979
non_voting no 105 / 29 / 3
57/69
General and complete disarmament
2002
yes no 78 / 21 / 42
A/RES/37/183
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Chile : resolution / adop…
1982
yes abstain 85 / 17 / 41
A/RES/34/24
Implementation of the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism & Ra…
1979
non_voting yes 82 / 17 / 6
A/40/l042
Training and research
1985
abstain no 122 / 15 / 13
A/RES/37/138
Financing of the Multinational Programming and Operational Centres of the Econo…
1982
non_voting abstain 113 / 14 / 16
A/RES/41/209[VI]
Loan to United Nations Industrial Development Organization : resolution / adopt…
1986
non_voting no 124 / 13 / 9
A/RES/41/211A
Programme budget for the biennium 1986-1987 : revised budget appropriations : r…
1986
non_voting no 122 / 13 / 10
A/RES/40/239
Programme budget for the biennium 1984-1985 : resolutions / adopted by the Gene…
1986
non_voting no 125 / 12 / 10

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/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
non_voting 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
yes 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
no 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
non_voting 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no 56 / 42 / 34