Voting Comparison

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

vs
3515 shared votes
39%
agreement
1356 agreed · 2159 diverged

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.

Micronesia (Federated States of)
Solomon Islands Yes No Abstain
Yes 1097 793 456
No 4 22 1
Abstain 50 169 87

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
20% 106/530
Nuclear/Arms
29% 92/312
Colonialism
25% 83/334
Human Rights
32% 171/537
Economic Dev.
53% 119/223
Disarmament
45% 202/445
Overall
39% 1356/3515

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Solomon Islands Micronesia (Federated States of) 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/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
non_voting no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
abstain no 79 / 60 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain no 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
abstain no 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2020
non_voting no 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2025
yes no 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
yes no 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2006
yes no 124 / 56 / 4
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 124 / 56 / 4

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
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
no 94 / 59 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no 94 / 59 / 33
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