Voting Comparison

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

vs
6392 shared votes
40%
agreement
2574 agreed · 3818 diverged

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 Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Mongolia Yes No Abstain
Yes 2360 1650 1350
No 204 40 34
Abstain 291 49 166

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
63% 564/896
Nuclear/Arms
22% 130/579
Colonialism
34% 189/563
Human Rights
34% 265/773
Economic Dev.
33% 164/491
Disarmament
35% 276/779
Overall
40% 2574/6392

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Mongolia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
non_voting no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
abstain yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes no 79 / 60 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes no 96 / 58 / 12

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2000
yes 67 / 54 / 46
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes 135 / 53 / 1
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 124 / 50 / 13
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 61 / 47 / 51
A/RES/54/177
Human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
1999
yes 61 / 47 / 51
40/229
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for improving …
1985
yes 111 / 41 / 34