Voting Comparison

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

vs
99%
agreement
3062 agreed · 42 diverged
3104 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.

Ukraine
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Yes No Abstain
Yes 2282
No 411 1
Abstain 18 4 353

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% 377/394
Nuclear/Arms
99% 276/278
Colonialism
97% 237/244
Human Rights
99% 244/247
Economic Dev.
100% 275/276
Disarmament
99% 345/348
Overall
99% 3062/3104

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Ukraine Y / N / A
A/RES/46/37C
Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Sessio…
1991
abstain yes 119 / 18 / 23
A/RES/46/89
Use of mercenaries as a means to violate human rights and to impede the exercis…
1992
abstain yes 122 / 11 / 28
A/RES/49(I)[C]
Consultative arrangements with non-governmental organizations : resolution / ad…
1946
abstain no 34 / 11 / 8
A/RES/40/59B
Financing of the UN Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the …
1985
no non_voting 93 / 10 / 6
A/RES/3005(XXVII)
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the …
1972
yes non_voting 63 / 10 / 49
A/RES/2955(XXVII)
Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determi…
1972
yes non_voting 89 / 8 / 18
A/RES/46/38B
Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by th…
1991
abstain yes 123 / 6 / 32
A/RES/46/47A
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the …
1991
abstain yes 96 / 5 / 52
A/RES/40/59A
Financing of the UN Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the …
1985
abstain non_voting 96 / 2 / 13
A/RES/43/58A
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the …
1988
non_voting yes 106 / 2 / 43
A/RES/46/46E
Palestine refugees in Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967 : res…
1991
non_voting yes 143 / 2 / 0
A/RES/46/46G
Return of the population and refugees displaced since 1967 : resolution / adopt…
1991
abstain yes 115 / 2 / 32

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/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1970
no 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/2025(XX)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1965
no 56 / 49 / 11
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1969
no 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2271(XXII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1967
no 69 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2159(XXI)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1966
no 66 / 48 / 7
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1968
no 73 / 47 / 5