Voting Comparison

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

vs
3710 shared votes
77%
agreement
2866 agreed · 844 diverged
3710 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.

Belarus
Russian Federation Yes No Abstain
Yes 2378 15 63
No 134 174 169
Abstain 364 11 311

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
76% 381/502
Nuclear/Arms
53% 161/301
Colonialism
75% 238/319
Human Rights
75% 393/526
Economic Dev.
83% 179/215
Disarmament
66% 284/431
Overall
77% 2866/3710

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Russian Federation Belarus 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
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no abstain 80 / 62 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no abstain 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
no abstain 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
no abstain 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
no yes 109 / 56 / 10
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
no yes 122 / 55 / 1
A/RES/57/222
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2002
no yes 122 / 55 / 1
A/RES/62/24
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2007
no yes 109 / 55 / 15
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
no yes 109 / 55 / 15
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
yes abstain 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/68/35
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2013
no yes 120 / 53 / 9

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/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
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33