Voting Comparison
Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.
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.
|
German Democratic Republic |
| Poland |
Yes |
No |
Abstain |
| Yes |
1721
|
8
|
24
|
| No |
—
|
220
|
2
|
| Abstain |
11
|
9
|
176
|
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.
Nuclear/Arms
100%
250/250
Economic Dev.
95%
250/262
Most Divergent Votes
Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.
| Resolution |
Poland |
German Democratic Republic |
Y / N / A |
|
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
|
abstain |
non_voting |
50 /
46 /
50
|
|
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
|
abstain |
non_voting |
54 /
42 /
46
|
|
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
|
abstain |
non_voting |
58 /
35 /
46
|
|
A/RES/41/159
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1986
|
no |
non_voting |
61 /
32 /
42
|
|
A/RES/33/39
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1978
|
non_voting |
yes |
59 /
31 /
44
|
|
A/RES/40/141
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1985
|
no |
non_voting |
53 /
30 /
45
|
|
A/RES/44/147
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1989
|
abstain |
yes |
113 /
23 /
11
|
|
A/RES/44/215
Economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against develop…
1989
|
non_voting |
yes |
118 /
23 /
2
|
|
57/69
General and complete disarmament
2002
|
yes |
no |
78 /
21 /
42
|
|
A/RES/44/240
Effects of the military intervention by the United States of America in Panama …
1989
|
abstain |
yes |
75 /
20 /
40
|
|
A/RES/37/183
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Chile : resolution / adop…
1982
|
yes |
abstain |
85 /
17 /
41
|
|
A/RES/36/66B
Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / ado…
1982
|
yes |
no |
91 /
16 /
8
|
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/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia in…
1974
|
no |
56 /
54 /
24
|
|
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
|
no |
59 /
51 /
29
|
|
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
|
yes |
53 /
45 /
38
|
|
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
|
yes |
54 /
43 /
42
|
|
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
|
no |
61 /
43 /
31
|
|
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
|
no |
56 /
42 /
34
|
|
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violations of huma…
1980
|
no |
57 /
39 /
46
|
|
A/4l/L.43
The auestion of Palestine
1986
|
yes |
66 /
38 /
41
|
