Voting Comparison

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

vs
3586 shared votes
63%
agreement
2251 agreed · 1335 diverged
3586 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.

Tajikistan
Russian Federation Yes No Abstain
Yes 2038 5 22
No 203 38 159
Abstain 375 3 166

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
55% 276/502
Nuclear/Arms
43% 129/301
Colonialism
55% 176/319
Human Rights
61% 322/526
Economic Dev.
68% 146/215
Disarmament
57% 244/431
Overall
63% 2251/3586

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Russian Federation Tajikistan Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes non_voting 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
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no abstain 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
no abstain 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
no yes 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

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