Voting Comparison
Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.
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.
|
Democratic Yemen |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
Yes |
No |
Abstain |
| Yes |
2071
|
8
|
20
|
| No |
8
|
60
|
24
|
| Abstain |
20
|
5
|
38
|
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.
Economic Dev.
92%
240/262
Most Divergent Votes
Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.
| Resolution |
Syrian Arab Republic |
Democratic Yemen |
Y / N / A |
|
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
|
no |
yes |
50 /
46 /
50
|
|
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
|
no |
yes |
54 /
42 /
46
|
|
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
|
non_voting |
no |
56 /
42 /
34
|
|
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
|
no |
yes |
58 /
35 /
46
|
|
A/RES/2647(XXV)
Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination : resolution / adopted by the…
1970
|
no |
non_voting |
49 /
33 /
10
|
|
A/RES/38/183A
Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1983
|
yes |
no |
88 /
31 /
24
|
|
A/RES/34/40
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
|
no |
yes |
62 /
31 /
45
|
|
A/RES/33/39
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1978
|
no |
yes |
59 /
31 /
44
|
|
A/RES/2587(XXIV)
Commission on the Status of Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1969
|
yes |
non_voting |
48 /
30 /
31
|
|
A/RES/2574(XXIV)[D]
Question of the reservation exclusively for peaceful purposes of the sea-bed an…
1969
|
abstain |
yes |
62 /
28 /
28
|
|
A/RES/44/128
Elaboration of a 2nd Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil a…
1989
|
no |
abstain |
59 /
26 /
48
|
|
A/RES/37/167
United Nations Conference for the Promotion of International Co-operation in th…
1982
|
non_voting |
yes |
111 /
26 /
7
|
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/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1969
|
no |
71 /
48 /
4
|
|
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1968
|
no |
73 /
47 /
5
|
|
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
|
yes |
53 /
45 /
38
|
|
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
|
yes |
54 /
43 /
42
|
|
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
|
no |
61 /
43 /
31
|
