Voting Comparison

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

vs
79%
agreement
2872 agreed · 784 diverged
3656 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.

Zimbabwe
Democratic People's Republic of Korea Yes No Abstain
Yes 2590 13
No 105 152 45
Abstain 203 8 77

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
92% 489/530
Nuclear/Arms
62% 192/312
Colonialism
93% 309/334
Human Rights
85% 455/537
Economic Dev.
82% 183/223
Disarmament
67% 298/445
Overall
79% 2872/3656

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 Zimbabwe Y / N / A
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes non_voting 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/56/152
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United …
2001
yes non_voting 100 / 54 / 15
A/RES/56/151
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2001
yes non_voting 109 / 53 / 6
A/RES/77/183
Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developm…
2022
yes non_voting 123 / 51 / 0
A/RES/56/148
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2001
yes non_voting 114 / 51 / 2
A/RES/72/59
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2017
abstain yes 123 / 50 / 10
A/RES/76/56
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2021
abstain yes 125 / 50 / 13
A/RES/77/82
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2022
abstain yes 116 / 50 / 15
A/RES/77/174
Towards a new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2022
yes non_voting 123 / 50 / 1
A/RES/78/55
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2023
abstain yes 120 / 50 / 14
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain yes 123 / 50 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain yes 125 / 50 / 13

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/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