Voting Comparison

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

vs
6268 shared votes
75%
agreement
4704 agreed · 1564 diverged
6268 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.

Cambodia
Singapore Yes No Abstain
Yes 4511 16 74
No 21 11 2
Abstain 193 41 111

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
74% 666/896
Nuclear/Arms
71% 412/579
Colonialism
77% 431/563
Human Rights
70% 542/773
Economic Dev.
70% 344/491
Disarmament
74% 577/779
Overall
75% 4704/6268

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Singapore Cambodia 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
abstain no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
yes non_voting 96 / 58 / 12
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes abstain 97 / 57 / 14
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes no 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
yes abstain 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
yes no 91 / 57 / 21
39/201
Long- term financing and the future role of the United Nations Institute for Tr…
1984
abstain yes 106 / 55 / 19
39/201
Long- term financing and the future role of the United Nations Institute for Tr…
1984
abstain yes 118 / 55 / 13
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain yes 120 / 55 / 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
A/RES/59/204
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United …
2004
abstain yes 118 / 55 / 13

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
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/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
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
yes 94 / 59 / 33