Voting Comparison

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

vs
82%
agreement
3027 agreed · 671 diverged
3698 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.

Syrian Arab Republic
Democratic People's Republic of Korea Yes No Abstain
Yes 2607 2 31
No 40 221 43
Abstain 128 13 130

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
96% 509/530
Nuclear/Arms
68% 212/312
Colonialism
95% 317/334
Human Rights
89% 476/537
Economic Dev.
89% 198/223
Disarmament
76% 338/445
Overall
82% 3027/3698

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 Syrian Arab Republic Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes abstain 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/79/167
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2024
yes non_voting 131 / 55 / 0
A/RES/80/208
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2025
yes non_voting 119 / 55 / 7
A/RES/79/168
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2024
yes non_voting 125 / 55 / 7
A/RES/79/169
Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human r…
2024
yes non_voting 133 / 54 / 0
A/RES/79/162
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2024
yes non_voting 126 / 53 / 6
A/RES/80/194
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2025
yes non_voting 121 / 53 / 5
A/RES/79/160
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2024
yes non_voting 119 / 53 / 10
A/RES/80/192
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2025
yes non_voting 119 / 51 / 10
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
A/RES/75/75
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2020
abstain yes 120 / 50 / 14

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
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
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
yes 94 / 59 / 33