Voting Comparison

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

vs
2390 shared votes
45%
agreement
1077 agreed · 1313 diverged
2390 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.

Cameroon
Serbia Yes No Abstain
Yes 932 1 520
No 206 22
Abstain 356 125

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
24% 54/222
Nuclear/Arms
41% 75/181
Colonialism
44% 72/164
Human Rights
31% 93/301
Economic Dev.
62% 91/146
Disarmament
58% 136/236
Overall
45% 1077/2390

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Serbia Cameroon 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 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/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
no non_voting 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no abstain 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2020
non_voting yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2025
non_voting yes 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2006
no yes 124 / 56 / 4
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no yes 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
no yes 109 / 56 / 10
A/RES/74/154
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2019
no yes 135 / 55 / 0
A/RES/74/159
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2019
no yes 136 / 55 / 0

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/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
yes 94 / 59 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/79/61
Strengthening and developing the system of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferatio…
2024
yes 117 / 54 / 11
A/RES/76/234
Promoting international cooperation on peaceful uses in the context of international secu…
2021
yes 78 / 53 / 32
A/RES/79/20
No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2024
yes 129 / 53 / 7
A/RES/79/160
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuel…
2024
yes 119 / 53 / 10
A/RES/80/20
No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2025
yes 123 / 52 / 5