Voting Comparison

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

vs
4959 shared votes
67%
agreement
3342 agreed · 1617 diverged
4959 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.

Vanuatu
Papua New Guinea Yes No Abstain
Yes 2926 3 178
No 55 4 20
Abstain 217 4 233

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
52% 434/837
Nuclear/Arms
67% 352/529
Colonialism
67% 328/490
Human Rights
60% 417/700
Economic Dev.
67% 278/415
Disarmament
70% 512/733
Overall
67% 3342/4959

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Papua New Guinea Vanuatu Y / N / A
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no abstain 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
abstain non_voting 79 / 60 / 33
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 non_voting 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes abstain 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
yes abstain 96 / 58 / 12
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 non_voting 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/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 no 87 / 56 / 26

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/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2013
abstain 94 / 71 / 23
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/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 80 / 61 / 42
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