Voting Comparison

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

vs
3184 shared votes
30%
agreement
971 agreed · 2213 diverged

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.

Micronesia (Federated States of)
Seychelles Yes No Abstain
Yes 665 498 298
No
Abstain 16 4

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
13% 71/530
Nuclear/Arms
22% 69/312
Colonialism
17% 57/334
Human Rights
16% 85/537
Economic Dev.
37% 82/223
Disarmament
30% 134/445
Overall
30% 971/3184

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Seychelles Micronesia (Federated States of) 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/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
non_voting no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
non_voting no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
non_voting yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
non_voting no 80 / 61 / 42
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
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
non_voting no 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
non_voting no 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
non_voting no 91 / 57 / 21

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/63/167
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies :…
2008
non_voting 128 / 55 / 2
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/64/157
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the…
2010
non_voting 127 / 54 / 5
A/RES/65/223
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the…
2010
non_voting 126 / 54 / 5
A/RES/70/152
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights tr…
2015
non_voting 134 / 54 / 0
A/RES/64/173
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights tr…
2010
non_voting 131 / 53 / 2
A/RES/70/149
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the…
2015
non_voting 130 / 53 / 5