Voting Comparison

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

3714 shared votes

agreement

219 agreed · 3495 diverged

3714 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.

How often each combination of positions occurred across all shared votes.

	United States of America
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Yes	No	Abstain
Yes	108	2297	327
No	252	64	17
Abstain	145	124	43

green = same position amber = different position

Agreement rate per issue area (Voeten dataset, GA resolutions only). Dashed line shows overall agreement rate.

Middle East

3% 16/530

Nuclear/Arms

6% 19/312

Colonialism

2% 7/334

Human Rights

2% 11/537

Economic Dev.

4% 10/223

Disarmament

13% 58/445

Overall

6% 219/3714

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

Resolution	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	United States of America	Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144 Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb… 2013	yes	no	94 / 71 / 23
40/233 Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador 1985	yes	no	79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224 Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2010	yes	no	79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166 Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol… 2006	yes	no	86 / 64 / 26
39/192 Question of the United States Virgin Islands 1984	yes	no	86 / 64 / 26
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	yes	no	80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247 Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal … 2019	yes	no	79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187 Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal … 2018	yes	no	94 / 59 / 33
39/192 Question of the United States Virgin Islands 1984	yes	no	91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168 Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the … 1999	yes	no	91 / 59 / 10
31/127 Emergency assistance for South African refugee students 1976	yes	no	94 / 59 / 33

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution	Both voted	Y / N / A
A/RES/62/149 Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2007	no	104 / 54 / 29
32/98 Assistance to Botswana 1977	no	131 / 53 / 7
32/99 Assistance to Cape Verde 1977	no	135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/63/168 Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2008	no	106 / 46 / 34
A/RES/80/54 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb… 2025	no	119 / 45 / 12
A/RES/77/54 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb… 2022	no	119 / 44 / 13
A/RES/79/38 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb… 2024	no	127 / 44 / 13
32/127 Regional arrangements for the p 1977	no	119 / 44 / 13