Voting Comparison

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

vs
6694 shared votes
93%
agreement
6213 agreed · 481 diverged
6694 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.

Thailand
Philippines Yes No Abstain
Yes 5907 5 157
No 4 16 48
Abstain 128 3 280

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% 859/896
Nuclear/Arms
94% 545/579
Colonialism
98% 554/563
Human Rights
87% 675/773
Economic Dev.
94% 463/491
Disarmament
94% 731/779
Overall
93% 6213/6694

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Philippines Thailand 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/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
abstain yes 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain yes 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
abstain yes 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
abstain yes 91 / 57 / 21
39/201
Long- term financing and the future role of the United Nations Institute for Tr…
1984
yes abstain 118 / 55 / 13
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes abstain 120 / 55 / 10
A/RES/59/204
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United …
2004
yes abstain 118 / 55 / 13
A/RES/62/166
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United …
2007
yes abstain 120 / 55 / 10
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
no abstain 67 / 54 / 46

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
abstain 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 96 / 58 / 12