Voting Comparison

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

vs
1629 shared votes
13%
agreement
215 agreed · 1414 diverged
1629 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
South Sudan Yes No Abstain
Yes 126 336 55
No 6 12 3
Abstain 38 256 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
1% 2/137
Nuclear/Arms
6% 7/121
Colonialism
5% 5/99
Human Rights
15% 27/185
Economic Dev.
13% 13/103
Disarmament
8% 12/154
Overall
13% 215/1629

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution South Sudan 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
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
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
yes 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
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/74/154
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2019
non_voting no 135 / 55 / 0
A/RES/74/159
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2019
non_voting no 136 / 55 / 0
A/RES/75/177
Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human r…
2020
yes no 130 / 55 / 1
A/RES/75/178
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2020
yes no 125 / 55 / 8
A/RES/76/162
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2021
yes no 131 / 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
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/80/192
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuel…
2025
yes 119 / 51 / 10
A/RES/66/257
Progress towards an accountability system in the United Nations Secretariat : resolution …
2012
non_voting 98 / 48 / 4
40/229
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for improving …
1985
yes 111 / 41 / 34
A/RES/67/176
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2012
yes 111 / 41 / 34
48/140
The situation in the Sudan
1993
yes 117 / 37 / 34
A/RES/69/186
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2014
yes 117 / 37 / 34