Voting Comparison

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

vs
6078 shared votes
70%
agreement
4262 agreed · 1816 diverged
6078 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.

Gambia
Senegal Yes No Abstain
Yes 4099 9 54
No 8 10 7
Abstain 62 24 71

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
68% 612/896
Nuclear/Arms
70% 406/579
Colonialism
66% 369/563
Human Rights
71% 549/773
Economic Dev.
69% 341/491
Disarmament
64% 502/779
Overall
70% 4262/6078

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Senegal Gambia Y / N / A
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
abstain no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes non_voting 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
abstain non_voting 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
abstain non_voting 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
yes non_voting 87 / 56 / 26
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
abstain yes 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/58/195
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2003
no non_voting 68 / 54 / 51
A/RES/61/55
Role of science and technology in the context of international security and dis…
2006
yes non_voting 108 / 54 / 16
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
non_voting abstain 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/64/157
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2010
yes non_voting 127 / 54 / 5
A/RES/64/160
Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights : resolu…
2010
yes non_voting 129 / 54 / 3
A/RES/64/170
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2010
yes non_voting 132 / 54 / 0

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/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2013
yes 94 / 71 / 23
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
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
abstain 94 / 59 / 33