Voting Comparison

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

vs
3622 shared votes
42%
agreement
1515 agreed · 2107 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.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
San Marino Yes No Abstain
Yes 1464 319 244
No 439 29
Abstain 618 6 23

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
69% 346/502
Nuclear/Arms
28% 84/301
Colonialism
61% 193/319
Human Rights
26% 135/526
Economic Dev.
49% 105/215
Disarmament
36% 154/431
Overall
42% 1515/3622

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution San Marino Democratic People's Republic of Korea Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
no yes 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no yes 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no yes 94 / 59 / 33

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/80/24
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2025
abstain 114 / 44 / 19
A/RES/78/53
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2023
abstain 121 / 44 / 17
A/RES/49/75K
Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the lega…
1994
yes 78 / 43 / 38
A/RES/79/50
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2024
abstain 120 / 43 / 20
A/RES/77/65
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2022
abstain 120 / 42 / 20
A/RES/72/38
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2017
abstain 119 / 41 / 20
A/RES/74/45
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2019
abstain 120 / 41 / 22
A/RES/75/63
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2020
abstain 123 / 41 / 22