Voting Comparison

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

vs
2781 shared votes
77%
agreement
2131 agreed · 650 diverged
2781 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.

Timor-Leste
Paraguay Yes No Abstain
Yes 2068 2 28
No 39 2
Abstain 245 3 45

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
57% 165/290
Nuclear/Arms
77% 173/225
Colonialism
81% 164/202
Human Rights
74% 276/372
Economic Dev.
89% 153/172
Disarmament
79% 238/302
Overall
77% 2131/2781

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Paraguay Timor-Leste Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain non_voting 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no abstain 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2025
no yes 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
abstain non_voting 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
yes non_voting 109 / 56 / 10
A/RES/58/188
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the UN to …
2003
abstain yes 106 / 55 / 19
39/201
Long- term financing and the future role of the United Nations Institute for Tr…
1984
abstain yes 106 / 55 / 19
A/RES/80/205
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2025
abstain yes 122 / 55 / 1

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/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
abstain 94 / 59 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the…
2006
yes 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2020
yes 131 / 56 / 0
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 124 / 56 / 4
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/74/154
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2019
yes 135 / 55 / 0