Voting Comparison

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

vs
3824 shared votes
89%
agreement
3400 agreed · 424 diverged
3824 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.

Namibia
Nepal Yes No Abstain
Yes 3218 5 85
No 1 3
Abstain 93 10 169

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
88% 490/557
Nuclear/Arms
91% 299/329
Colonialism
89% 312/349
Human Rights
88% 480/547
Economic Dev.
86% 198/229
Disarmament
90% 413/461
Overall
89% 3400/3824

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Nepal Namibia Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain yes 79 / 67 / 40
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
abstain yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/80/205
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2025
yes non_voting 122 / 55 / 1
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
abstain yes 111 / 54 / 18
A/RES/61/164
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
abstain yes 111 / 54 / 18
32/95
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1977
abstain yes 86 / 53 / 42
A/RES/63/171
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
abstain yes 86 / 53 / 42
A/RES/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1995
no non_voting 93 / 51 / 3
A/RES/62/154
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
abstain yes 108 / 51 / 25
32/97
Assistance to Botswana
1977
abstain yes 108 / 51 / 25

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
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/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
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