Voting Comparison

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

vs
5037 shared votes
55%
agreement
2772 agreed · 2265 diverged
5037 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.

Seychelles
Solomon Islands Yes No Abstain
Yes 2079 8 22
No 18
Abstain 194 2 4

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
37% 330/886
Nuclear/Arms
55% 314/566
Colonialism
44% 234/535
Human Rights
40% 297/748
Economic Dev.
59% 272/462
Disarmament
59% 451/766
Overall
55% 2772/5037

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Solomon Islands Seychelles Y / N / A
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no non_voting 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain non_voting 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes non_voting 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
abstain non_voting 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
abstain yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
no non_voting 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
no non_voting 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
no non_voting 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2020
non_voting yes 131 / 56 / 0
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

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
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
non_voting 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2025
yes 122 / 56 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes 116 / 55 / 7
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes 125 / 55 / 6
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 128 / 55 / 8
32/97
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 135 / 55 / 0
32/128
Question of Brunei
1977
yes 136 / 55 / 0