Voting Comparison

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

6182 shared votes

49%

agreement

3052 agreed · 3130 diverged

6182 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.

How often each combination of positions occurred across all shared votes.

green = same position amber = different position

Agreement rate per issue area (Voeten dataset, GA resolutions only). Dashed line shows overall agreement rate.

Middle East

5% 23/502

Nuclear/Arms

48% 144/301

Colonialism

13% 43/319

Human Rights

10% 53/526

Economic Dev.

14% 31/215

Disarmament

39% 166/431

Overall

49% 3052/6182

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

Resolution	Russian Federation	United States of America	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
40/233 Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador 1985	yes	no	79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224 Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2010	yes	no	79 / 67 / 40
39/192 Question of the United States Virgin Islands 1984	yes	no	86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166 Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol… 2006	yes	no	86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230 Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As… 2002	no	yes	80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156 Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2010	yes	no	80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247 Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal … 2019	yes	no	79 / 60 / 33
31/127 Emergency assistance for South African refugee students 1976	yes	no	94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187 Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal … 2018	yes	no	94 / 59 / 33
32/98 Assistance to Botswana 1977	yes	no	124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/75/181 Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen… 2020	yes	no	131 / 56 / 0

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution	Both voted	Y / N / A
39/192 Question of the United States Virgin Islands 1984	no	91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168 Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a… 1999	no	91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/52/119 Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a… 1997	no	96 / 58 / 12
32/132 Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1977	no	97 / 57 / 14
31/37 United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon 1976	no	91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/49/180 Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a… 1994	no	97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172 Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a… 1995	no	91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/60/72 Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Review Confer… 2005	no	87 / 56 / 26