Voting Comparison

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

vs
6549 shared votes
18%
agreement
1155 agreed · 5394 diverged
6549 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
Syrian Arab Republic Yes No Abstain
Yes 1005 2849 1179
No 357 1 44
Abstain 290 26 114

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
0% 4/896
Nuclear/Arms
12% 72/579
Colonialism
5% 29/563
Human Rights
8% 65/773
Economic Dev.
15% 76/491
Disarmament
26% 200/779
Overall
18% 1155/6549

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Syrian Arab Republic Israel Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes 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
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes no 96 / 58 / 12

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 120 / 50 / 10
A/RES/77/204
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuel…
2022
yes 120 / 50 / 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/58/174
Human rights and terrorism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2003
abstain 120 / 42 / 18
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/79/330
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization : resolu…
2025
non_voting 118 / 36 / 11
A/RES/2758(XXVI)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations …
1971
yes 76 / 35 / 17