Voting Comparison

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

vs
3581 shared votes
17%
agreement
604 agreed · 2977 diverged
3581 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
Tajikistan Yes No Abstain
Yes 477 1683 393
No 41 4 1
Abstain 81 171 90

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% 1/502
Nuclear/Arms
19% 56/301
Colonialism
4% 12/319
Human Rights
15% 80/526
Economic Dev.
19% 41/215
Disarmament
27% 115/431
Overall
17% 604/3581

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Tajikistan Israel Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
non_voting 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
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
abstain 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
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain no 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
abstain no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33

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/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1997
no 96 / 58 / 12
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1994
no 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
yes 104 / 54 / 29
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes 135 / 53 / 1