Voting Comparison

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

vs
3171 shared votes
56%
agreement
1766 agreed · 1405 diverged
3171 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.

Turkmenistan
Chad Yes No Abstain
Yes 1361 29
No 6 7
Abstain 13 22 18

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
40% 203/502
Nuclear/Arms
44% 133/301
Colonialism
39% 124/319
Human Rights
46% 242/526
Economic Dev.
53% 114/215
Disarmament
43% 186/431
Overall
56% 1766/3171

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Chad Turkmenistan Y / N / A
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
non_voting yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no non_voting 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes non_voting 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes abstain 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
yes abstain 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
yes non_voting 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
non_voting yes 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2006
non_voting yes 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
non_voting yes 109 / 56 / 10
A/RES/57/222
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2002
yes non_voting 122 / 55 / 1
A/RES/58/188
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the UN to …
2003
non_voting yes 106 / 55 / 19
A/RES/62/24
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2007
non_voting yes 109 / 55 / 15

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/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2013
yes 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
non_voting 86 / 64 / 26
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
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
yes 94 / 59 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1994
non_voting 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2020
yes 131 / 56 / 0