Voting Comparison

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

vs
3741 shared votes
83%
agreement
3115 agreed · 626 diverged
3741 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.

Angola
Namibia Yes No Abstain
Yes 2890 2 47
No 8 5
Abstain 70 8 156

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
75% 418/557
Nuclear/Arms
73% 241/329
Colonialism
84% 293/349
Human Rights
84% 462/547
Economic Dev.
86% 198/229
Disarmament
72% 330/461
Overall
83% 3115/3741

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Namibia Angola Y / N / A
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes abstain 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes non_voting 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
yes non_voting 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/80/205
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2025
non_voting yes 122 / 55 / 1
A/RES/62/24
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2007
yes non_voting 109 / 55 / 15
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain yes 101 / 53 / 20
A/RES/60/51
Role of science and technology in the context of international security and dis…
2005
yes non_voting 110 / 53 / 17
A/RES/60/150
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2005
abstain yes 101 / 53 / 20
A/RES/65/217
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2010
yes non_voting 131 / 53 / 0
A/RES/62/32
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
yes non_voting 117 / 52 / 12
A/RES/62/51
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2007
yes non_voting 120 / 52 / 10
A/RES/75/240
Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context …
2020
yes abstain 92 / 50 / 21

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
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
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
yes 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
yes 94 / 59 / 33