Voting Comparison

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

vs
5546 shared votes
66%
agreement
3633 agreed · 1913 diverged
5546 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.

Rwanda
Papua New Guinea Yes No Abstain
Yes 3291 8 166
No 52 1 28
Abstain 292 3 168

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
45% 407/896
Nuclear/Arms
72% 418/579
Colonialism
50% 284/563
Human Rights
55% 426/773
Economic Dev.
70% 346/491
Disarmament
73% 566/779
Overall
66% 3633/5546

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Papua New Guinea Rwanda 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
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no abstain 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain yes 86 / 64 / 26
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 yes 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes non_voting 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
yes non_voting 96 / 58 / 12
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
no yes 91 / 57 / 21
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no yes 131 / 56 / 0

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/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
no 80 / 62 / 33
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
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1994
yes 97 / 57 / 14
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2025
yes 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the…
2006
yes 124 / 56 / 4