Voting Comparison

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

vs
3481 shared votes
73%
agreement
2535 agreed · 946 diverged
3481 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.

Eritrea
Malawi Yes No Abstain
Yes 2378 30 104
No 2 1 1
Abstain 154 13 61

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
48% 227/476
Nuclear/Arms
90% 261/291
Colonialism
68% 206/305
Human Rights
64% 330/515
Economic Dev.
82% 170/208
Disarmament
86% 362/419
Overall
73% 2535/3481

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Malawi Eritrea Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain yes 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain yes 80 / 61 / 42
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
abstain yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes abstain 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
yes abstain 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
yes non_voting 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
non_voting abstain 91 / 57 / 21
32/97
Assistance to Botswana
1977
abstain yes 100 / 54 / 15

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/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2013
yes 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
abstain 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
yes 94 / 59 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2020
yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2025
yes 122 / 56 / 0