Voting Comparison

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

vs
2416 shared votes
80%
agreement
1935 agreed · 481 diverged
2416 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.

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia Yes No Abstain
Yes 1387 23 118
No 9 209 16
Abstain 63 117 336

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
96% 213/222
Nuclear/Arms
67% 122/181
Colonialism
95% 155/164
Human Rights
84% 252/301
Economic Dev.
86% 125/146
Disarmament
74% 174/236
Overall
80% 1935/2416

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no abstain 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes no 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
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
non_voting no 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/79/167
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2024
non_voting no 131 / 55 / 0
A/RES/76/161
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2021
non_voting no 131 / 54 / 0
A/RES/79/61
Strengthening and developing the system of arms control, disarmament and non-pr…
2024
yes no 117 / 54 / 11
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2008
no yes 69 / 54 / 57

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
no 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the…
2006
no 124 / 56 / 4
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Review Confer…
2009
no 109 / 56 / 10
A/RES/74/154
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2019
no 135 / 55 / 0
A/RES/74/159
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2019
no 136 / 55 / 0