Voting Comparison

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

vs
5114 shared votes
47%
agreement
2397 agreed · 2717 diverged
5114 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.

Dominica
Paraguay Yes No Abstain
Yes 1930 21 128
No 14 10
Abstain 157 5 61

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
34% 303/884
Nuclear/Arms
45% 254/561
Colonialism
46% 243/525
Human Rights
51% 377/738
Economic Dev.
48% 220/456
Disarmament
43% 325/764
Overall
47% 2397/5114

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Paraguay Dominica Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no abstain 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes abstain 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no non_voting 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain yes 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
abstain yes 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2025
no non_voting 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
abstain yes 87 / 56 / 26
39/201
Long- term financing and the future role of the United Nations Institute for Tr…
1984
abstain yes 106 / 55 / 19
39/201
Long- term financing and the future role of the United Nations Institute for Tr…
1984
abstain yes 118 / 55 / 13

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
abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
abstain 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1997
yes 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1995
abstain 91 / 57 / 21