Voting Comparison

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

vs
3786 shared votes
86%
agreement
3267 agreed · 519 diverged
3786 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.

Burkina Faso
Namibia Yes No Abstain
Yes 3119 3 35
No 5 10
Abstain 79 12 111

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
82% 457/557
Nuclear/Arms
93% 306/329
Colonialism
84% 294/349
Human Rights
80% 437/547
Economic Dev.
91% 208/229
Disarmament
92% 422/461
Overall
86% 3267/3786

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Namibia Burkina Faso Y / N / A
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes non_voting 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes abstain 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes non_voting 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
yes non_voting 109 / 56 / 10
A/RES/80/205
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2025
non_voting yes 122 / 55 / 1
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain yes 101 / 53 / 20
A/RES/60/150
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2005
abstain yes 101 / 53 / 20
32/95
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1977
yes abstain 86 / 53 / 42
A/RES/63/171
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
yes abstain 86 / 53 / 42
A/RES/62/168
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2007
abstain non_voting 73 / 53 / 55
A/RES/77/36
Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context …
2022
yes non_voting 112 / 52 / 8

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/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
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1997
yes 96 / 58 / 12