Voting Comparison

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

vs
5459 shared votes
68%
agreement
3686 agreed · 1773 diverged
5459 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.

Solomon Islands
Papua New Guinea Yes No Abstain
Yes 3208 8 151
No 41 10 17
Abstain 327 21 204

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
59% 527/886
Nuclear/Arms
71% 402/566
Colonialism
67% 358/535
Human Rights
61% 457/748
Economic Dev.
63% 289/462
Disarmament
74% 569/766
Overall
68% 3686/5459

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands 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 non_voting 80 / 61 / 42
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
abstain no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes abstain 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
yes no 96 / 58 / 12
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes no 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
yes no 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2020
no non_voting 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
abstain yes 87 / 56 / 26
39/201
Long- term financing and the future role of the United Nations Institute for Tr…
1984
yes abstain 118 / 55 / 13

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
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
abstain 79 / 60 / 33
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1995
no 91 / 57 / 21
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 124 / 56 / 4