Voting Comparison

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

vs
3443 shared votes
34%
agreement
1173 agreed · 2270 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)
Sierra Leone Yes No Abstain
Yes 1001 867 501
No 11 4
Abstain 95 13 25

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
14% 72/530
Nuclear/Arms
29% 91/312
Colonialism
23% 77/334
Human Rights
18% 97/537
Economic Dev.
46% 103/223
Disarmament
39% 174/445
Overall
34% 1173/3443

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Sierra Leone 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
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
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
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
non_voting no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
non_voting no 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
non_voting no 94 / 59 / 33
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain no 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
abstain no 96 / 58 / 12
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes no 97 / 57 / 14

Agreements on Contested Votes

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
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/78/237
Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of interna…
2023
non_voting 104 / 53 / 7
A/RES/61/169
The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
yes 134 / 53 / 0
40/230
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1985
yes 134 / 53 / 0
A/RES/62/161
The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
yes 136 / 53 / 0