Voting Comparison

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

vs
5288 shared votes
14%
agreement
739 agreed · 4549 diverged
5288 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
Seychelles Yes No Abstain
Yes 575 1488 665
No 10 2
Abstain 30 5 9

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% 5/896
Nuclear/Arms
10% 59/579
Colonialism
7% 38/563
Human Rights
8% 65/773
Economic Dev.
11% 54/491
Disarmament
19% 151/779
Overall
14% 739/5288

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Seychelles 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/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
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 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
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
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/79/160
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuel…
2024
yes 119 / 53 / 10
A/RES/80/192
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuel…
2025
yes 119 / 51 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 118 / 49 / 14
A/RES/78/190
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuel…
2023
yes 118 / 49 / 14
A/RES/66/257
Progress towards an accountability system in the United Nations Secretariat : resolution …
2012
non_voting 98 / 48 / 4
A/RES/77/250
Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution…
2022
non_voting 115 / 47 / 7