Voting Comparison

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

vs
3892 shared votes
91%
agreement
3540 agreed · 352 diverged
3892 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.

Liechtenstein
New Zealand Yes No Abstain
Yes 2486 21 160
No 10 456 56
Abstain 46 30 598

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
96% 536/557
Nuclear/Arms
82% 269/329
Colonialism
89% 309/349
Human Rights
93% 511/547
Economic Dev.
90% 205/229
Disarmament
87% 399/461
Overall
91% 3540/3892

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution New Zealand Liechtenstein Y / N / A
A/RES/63/171
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
non_voting no 86 / 53 / 42
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/72/216
Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Ag…
2017
abstain no 131 / 48 / 4
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
abstain no 73 / 48 / 46
A/RES/61/78
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
yes no 115 / 48 / 18
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
yes no 115 / 48 / 18
A/RES/58/43
Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context : resoluti…
2003
abstain no 73 / 48 / 46
A/RES/73/227
Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Ag…
2018
abstain no 135 / 47 / 3
A/RES/62/42
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
yes no 117 / 47 / 17
48/140
The situation in the Sudan
1993
yes no 117 / 47 / 17
A/RES/48/78
Israeli nuclear armament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1993
abstain no 53 / 45 / 65

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