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.
|
China |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
Yes |
No |
Abstain |
| Yes |
2652
|
2
|
70
|
| No |
59
|
196
|
83
|
| Abstain |
148
|
23
|
146
|
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.
Economic Dev.
81%
180/223
Most Divergent Votes
Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.
| Resolution |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
China |
Y / N / A |
|
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
|
yes |
abstain |
87 /
56 /
26
|
|
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
|
yes |
abstain |
109 /
56 /
10
|
|
A/RES/62/24
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2007
|
yes |
abstain |
109 /
55 /
15
|
|
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
|
yes |
abstain |
109 /
55 /
15
|
|
A/RES/68/35
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2013
|
yes |
abstain |
120 /
53 /
9
|
|
A/RES/61/85
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
|
yes |
abstain |
118 /
52 /
13
|
|
57/229
Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Pr…
2002
|
yes |
abstain |
118 /
52 /
13
|
|
A/RES/62/32
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
|
yes |
abstain |
117 /
52 /
12
|
|
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
|
yes |
abstain |
117 /
52 /
12
|
|
A/RES/66/28
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2011
|
yes |
abstain |
118 /
52 /
6
|
|
A/RES/72/59
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2017
|
abstain |
yes |
123 /
50 /
10
|
|
A/RES/74/68
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2019
|
abstain |
yes |
118 /
50 /
15
|
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
|
yes |
94 /
71 /
23
|
|
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
|
yes |
79 /
67 /
40
|
|
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
|
yes |
79 /
67 /
40
|
|
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
|
yes |
86 /
64 /
26
|
|
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
|
yes |
86 /
64 /
26
|
|
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
|
no |
80 /
62 /
33
|
|
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
|
yes |
80 /
61 /
42
|
|
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
|
yes |
79 /
60 /
33
|
