Voting Comparison

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

vs
2760 shared votes
96%
agreement
2654 agreed · 106 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.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Mongolia Yes No Abstain
Yes 2100 1 35
No 283 1
Abstain 4 5 259

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
95% 375/394
Nuclear/Arms
97% 270/278
Colonialism
94% 229/244
Human Rights
98% 242/247
Economic Dev.
93% 257/276
Disarmament
98% 341/348
Overall
96% 2654/2760

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Mongolia Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Y / N / A
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
non_voting yes 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
non_voting yes 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/46/64
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the imple…
1991
non_voting abstain 109 / 34 / 16
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 abstain 93 / 31 / 30
A/RES/46/210
Economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against develop…
1991
yes abstain 97 / 30 / 9
A/RES/2587(XXIV)
Commission on the Status of Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1969
yes abstain 48 / 30 / 31
A/RES/45/151
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1991
yes abstain 111 / 29 / 11
A/RES/33/138
Question of the composition of the relevant organs of the United Nations : amen…
1979
non_voting no 105 / 29 / 3
A/RES/46/65
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial C…
1991
non_voting yes 115 / 28 / 17
A/RES/46/82A
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1991
yes abstain 93 / 27 / 37

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