Voting Comparison

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

vs
99%
agreement
2225 agreed · 17 diverged
2242 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.

German Democratic Republic
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Yes No Abstain
Yes 1771 1 1
No 236 2
Abstain 3 205

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
99% 337/339
Nuclear/Arms
100% 250/250
Colonialism
98% 209/214
Human Rights
99% 224/226
Economic Dev.
100% 261/262
Disarmament
100% 318/318
Overall
99% 2225/2242

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Union of Soviet Socialist Republics German Democratic Republic Y / N / A
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
yes non_voting 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
yes non_voting 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
yes non_voting 58 / 35 / 46
A/RES/34/40
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
yes non_voting 62 / 31 / 45
57/69
General and complete disarmament
2002
yes no 78 / 21 / 42
A/RES/37/183
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Chile : resolution / adop…
1982
yes abstain 85 / 17 / 41
A/42/806
In-depth study of the united Na tions in tergovernmen tal structure and functio…
1987
abstain yes 64 / 15 / 57
A/RES/37/138
Financing of the Multinational Programming and Operational Centres of the Econo…
1982
no abstain 113 / 14 / 16
A/RES/43/58A
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the …
1988
non_voting yes 106 / 2 / 43
A/RES/31/5[B]
Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and of the United Nations Disen…
1976
yes non_voting 112 / 2 / 0
A/RES/3484(XXX)[B]
General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no abstain 108 / 2 / 14
A/RES/39/127
Senior women's programme officers posts at the regional commissions : resolutio…
1984
abstain non_voting 135 / 1 / 8

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/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia in…
1974
no 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
yes 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
no 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no 56 / 42 / 34
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violations of huma…
1980
no 57 / 39 / 46