Voting Comparison

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

vs
6464 shared votes
85%
agreement
5502 agreed · 962 diverged
6464 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.

Libya
Syrian Arab Republic Yes No Abstain
Yes 5149 6 36
No 103 156 81
Abstain 225 13 155

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% 862/895
Nuclear/Arms
86% 498/579
Colonialism
94% 529/563
Human Rights
87% 673/772
Economic Dev.
88% 433/491
Disarmament
88% 688/779
Overall
85% 5502/6464

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Syrian Arab Republic Libya Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain yes 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/79/167
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2024
non_voting yes 131 / 55 / 0
A/RES/79/168
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2024
non_voting yes 125 / 55 / 7
A/RES/80/208
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2025
non_voting yes 119 / 55 / 7
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
no yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
no yes 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/79/169
Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human r…
2024
non_voting yes 133 / 54 / 0
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no yes 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
no yes 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/79/160
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2024
non_voting yes 119 / 53 / 10
A/RES/79/162
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2024
non_voting yes 126 / 53 / 6
A/RES/80/194
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2025
non_voting yes 121 / 53 / 5

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33