Voting Comparison

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

vs
6552 shared votes
89%
agreement
5820 agreed · 732 diverged
6552 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.

Malaysia
Pakistan Yes No Abstain
Yes 5554 6 94
No 56 73 56
Abstain 407 18 189

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
100% 895/896
Nuclear/Arms
81% 470/579
Colonialism
96% 540/563
Human Rights
89% 688/773
Economic Dev.
92% 453/491
Disarmament
84% 654/779
Overall
89% 5820/6552

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Pakistan Malaysia Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes abstain 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
abstain yes 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
abstain yes 109 / 56 / 10
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
abstain yes 109 / 55 / 15
A/RES/62/24
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2007
abstain yes 109 / 55 / 15
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
no yes 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/68/35
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2013
abstain yes 120 / 53 / 9
A/RES/66/28
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2011
abstain yes 118 / 52 / 6
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no yes 124 / 50 / 13
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain yes 118 / 50 / 15
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain yes 120 / 50 / 14
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
abstain yes 125 / 50 / 14

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33