Voting Comparison

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

vs
4849 shared votes
96%
agreement
4654 agreed · 195 diverged
4849 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.

Brunei Darussalam
Malaysia Yes No Abstain
Yes 4399 10 58
No 67 16
Abstain 44 22 182

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% 730/733
Nuclear/Arms
98% 443/453
Colonialism
100% 435/436
Human Rights
93% 605/650
Economic Dev.
95% 327/345
Disarmament
96% 616/641
Overall
96% 4654/4849

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Malaysia Brunei Darussalam Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain yes 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2008
no abstain 69 / 54 / 57
A/RES/62/168
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2007
no abstain 73 / 53 / 55
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes no 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/75/183
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2020
yes no 123 / 38 / 24
32/100
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes no 123 / 38 / 24
A/RES/77/222
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2022
yes no 125 / 37 / 22
A/RES/56/175
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2001
no abstain 79 / 37 / 48
A/RES/70/173
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2015
abstain no 81 / 37 / 67
32/128
Question of Brunei
1977
yes no 125 / 37 / 22
A/RES/50/11
Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995
abstain no 97 / 36 / 29

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 91 / 59 / 10