Voting Comparison

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

vs
6930 shared votes
23%
agreement
1619 agreed · 5311 diverged
6930 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.

United States of America
Nigeria Yes No Abstain
Yes 1565 3500 1159
No 43 8
Abstain 226 83 32

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
6% 55/896
Nuclear/Arms
15% 86/579
Colonialism
4% 20/563
Human Rights
7% 55/773
Economic Dev.
13% 66/491
Disarmament
20% 158/779
Overall
23% 1619/6930

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Nigeria United States of America Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes no 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes no 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
yes no 96 / 58 / 12

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
no 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
no 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
no 106 / 46 / 34
A/RES/56/175
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2001
abstain 79 / 37 / 48
A/RES/50/11
Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995
no 97 / 36 / 29
A/RES/34/2A
Credentials of representatives to the 34th session of the General Assembly : resolution /…
1979
yes 71 / 35 / 34
A/RES/55/116
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2000
abstain 85 / 32 / 49