Voting Comparison

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

vs
2686 shared votes
44%
agreement
1185 agreed · 1501 diverged
2686 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.

Madagascar
Nauru Yes No Abstain
Yes 870 61
No 211 45
Abstain 133 38

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
19% 67/354
Nuclear/Arms
47% 111/238
Colonialism
30% 71/236
Human Rights
33% 143/427
Economic Dev.
51% 93/184
Disarmament
44% 144/325
Overall
44% 1185/2686

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Nauru Madagascar Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
non_voting yes 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no non_voting 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes abstain 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes abstain 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes abstain 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no non_voting 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2020
no yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2025
no non_voting 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2006
non_voting yes 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
non_voting yes 109 / 56 / 10

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/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
non_voting 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Review Confer…
2005
non_voting 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/75/178
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the…
2020
yes 125 / 55 / 8
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
yes 122 / 55 / 1
A/RES/57/222
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2002
yes 122 / 55 / 1
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 128 / 55 / 2
A/RES/63/167
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies :…
2008
yes 128 / 55 / 2