Voting Comparison

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

vs
2040 shared votes
88%
agreement
1805 agreed · 235 diverged
2040 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.

Democratic Yemen
Mozambique Yes No Abstain
Yes 1714 1 12
No 24 2
Abstain 26 6 28

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% 321/339
Nuclear/Arms
91% 227/250
Colonialism
94% 201/214
Human Rights
94% 212/226
Economic Dev.
88% 231/262
Disarmament
90% 285/318
Overall
88% 1805/2040

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Mozambique Democratic Yemen Y / N / A
A/RES/41/159
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1986
non_voting no 61 / 32 / 42
A/RES/38/183A
Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1983
non_voting no 88 / 31 / 24
A/RES/40/141
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1985
non_voting no 53 / 30 / 45
A/RES/42/79
Question of New Caledonia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1987
non_voting yes 69 / 29 / 47
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
abstain no 72 / 26 / 0
A/RES/34/48
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for …
1979
abstain no 72 / 26 / 40
A/RES/43/137
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1988
non_voting no 61 / 25 / 44
A/RES/41/158
Question of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Afghanistan : resolution /…
1986
non_voting no 89 / 24 / 36
A/RES/39/5
The situation in Kampuchea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1984
abstain no 110 / 22 / 18
A/RES/39/158
Implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the Unit…
1984
yes non_voting 108 / 22 / 13
A/RES/40/137
Question of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Afghanistan : resolution /…
1985
non_voting no 80 / 22 / 40
A/RES/42/135
Question of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Afghanistan : resolution /…
1987
non_voting no 94 / 22 / 31

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/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
yes 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/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
yes 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no 56 / 42 / 34
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violations of huma…
1980
no 57 / 39 / 46
A/4l/L.43
The auestion of Palestine
1986
yes 66 / 38 / 41