Voting Comparison

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

vs
6255 shared votes
23%
agreement
1424 agreed · 4831 diverged
6255 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.

Israel
Sierra Leone Yes No Abstain
Yes 1340 2444 1184
No 20 7 6
Abstain 136 66 43

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
2% 19/896
Nuclear/Arms
17% 98/579
Colonialism
8% 43/563
Human Rights
13% 100/773
Economic Dev.
22% 107/491
Disarmament
27% 209/779
Overall
23% 1424/6255

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Sierra Leone Israel 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
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
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/79/160
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuel…
2024
yes 119 / 53 / 10
A/RES/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1970
yes 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/80/192
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuel…
2025
yes 119 / 51 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 118 / 49 / 14