Voting Comparison

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

vs
5816 shared votes
77%
agreement
4473 agreed · 1343 diverged
5816 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.

Fiji
Papua New Guinea Yes No Abstain
Yes 3955 8 312
No 32 22 31
Abstain 328 6 350

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
67% 599/896
Nuclear/Arms
85% 491/579
Colonialism
78% 441/563
Human Rights
70% 538/773
Economic Dev.
81% 396/491
Disarmament
86% 668/779
Overall
77% 4473/5816

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Papua New Guinea Fiji Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain yes 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no abstain 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
abstain non_voting 79 / 60 / 33
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes abstain 97 / 57 / 14
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
yes abstain 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
no yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
abstain yes 87 / 56 / 26
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes abstain 116 / 55 / 7
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
yes no 122 / 55 / 1
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes abstain 125 / 55 / 6

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
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
abstain 86 / 64 / 26
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
abstain 94 / 59 / 33
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