Voting Comparison

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

vs
7050 shared votes
44%
agreement
3086 agreed · 3964 diverged
7050 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
Norway Yes No Abstain
Yes 1819 1731 895
No 23 873 7
Abstain 62 1213 367

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
14% 128/896
Nuclear/Arms
47% 274/580
Colonialism
20% 113/563
Human Rights
42% 326/773
Economic Dev.
32% 159/491
Disarmament
47% 366/779
Overall
44% 3086/7050

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Norway United States of America Y / N / A
37//6/
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections
1982
no abstain 131 / 54 / 0
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
yes no 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
abstain yes 56 / 54 / 24
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/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1970
no yes 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/60/260
Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide : resolu…
2006
abstain no 121 / 50 / 2
A/RES/2025(XX)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1965
no yes 56 / 49 / 11
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain no 126 / 48 / 7
A/RES/72/216
Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Ag…
2017
abstain no 131 / 48 / 4
A/RES/74/267
Enlargement of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions…
2020
yes no 120 / 48 / 4
A/RES/62/184
International trade and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2007
abstain no 126 / 48 / 7

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