Voting Comparison

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

vs
6769 shared votes
93%
agreement
6320 agreed · 449 diverged
6769 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.

Luxembourg
Netherlands Yes No Abstain
Yes 3647 25 136
No 10 1080 66
Abstain 78 55 1580

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
99% 883/896
Nuclear/Arms
96% 558/580
Colonialism
96% 542/563
Human Rights
96% 741/773
Economic Dev.
90% 440/491
Disarmament
97% 755/779
Overall
93% 6320/6769

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Netherlands Luxembourg Y / N / A
A/RES/50/11
Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995
abstain yes 97 / 36 / 29
A/RES/80/49
Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Dis…
2025
abstain no 135 / 36 / 9
A/RES/2220(XXI)
Comprehensive review of the whole question of peace-keeping operations in all t…
1966
abstain no 56 / 36 / 25
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
no yes 110 / 35 / 24
47/147
Situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia
1992
abstain no 113 / 35 / 13
A/RES/78/33
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2023
abstain no 135 / 35 / 15
A/RES/78/27
Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Dis…
2023
abstain no 140 / 35 / 10
A/RES/79/32
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2024
abstain no 135 / 35 / 15
A/RES/79/47
Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Dis…
2024
abstain no 142 / 35 / 9
A/RES/80/33
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2025
abstain no 127 / 35 / 16
A/RES/34/2A
Credentials of representatives to the 34th session of the General Assembly : re…
1979
abstain yes 71 / 35 / 34
A/RES/2758(XXVI)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the Unite…
1971
yes abstain 76 / 35 / 17

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
no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
no 79 / 60 / 33