Voting Comparison

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

vs
3622 shared votes
87%
agreement
3163 agreed · 459 diverged
3622 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.

Andorra
New Zealand Yes No Abstain
Yes 2220 33 189
No 12 438 44
Abstain 44 43 504

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
90% 429/476
Nuclear/Arms
69% 201/291
Colonialism
83% 254/305
Human Rights
91% 470/515
Economic Dev.
89% 186/208
Disarmament
79% 332/419
Overall
87% 3163/3622

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution New Zealand Andorra Y / N / A
A/RES/63/171
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
non_voting no 86 / 53 / 42
A/RES/62/145
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2007
abstain no 127 / 52 / 6
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain no 127 / 52 / 6
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain no 125 / 52 / 5
A/RES/63/164
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2008
abstain no 125 / 52 / 5
A/RES/72/158
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2017
no abstain 128 / 51 / 6
A/RES/48/124
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1993
no non_voting 101 / 51 / 17
A/RES/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1995
no non_voting 93 / 51 / 3
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain no 127 / 51 / 7
A/RES/61/151
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2006
abstain no 127 / 51 / 7
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no abstain 128 / 51 / 6
A/RES/72/216
Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Ag…
2017
abstain no 131 / 48 / 4

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
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
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