Voting Comparison

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

vs
3694 shared votes
88%
agreement
3241 agreed · 453 diverged
3694 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.

San Marino
New Zealand Yes No Abstain
Yes 2287 19 97
No 8 427 59
Abstain 48 24 526

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
86% 433/502
Nuclear/Arms
81% 243/301
Colonialism
81% 258/319
Human Rights
89% 466/526
Economic Dev.
86% 184/215
Disarmament
84% 363/431
Overall
88% 3241/3694

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution New Zealand San Marino Y / N / A
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no abstain 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
no non_voting 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
no non_voting 91 / 57 / 21
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/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
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