Voting Comparison

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

vs
2605 shared votes
49%
agreement
1268 agreed · 1337 diverged

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 Republic of the Congo
Tonga Yes No Abstain
Yes 872 4 26
No 11 2 18
Abstain 178 3 53

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
29% 102/354
Nuclear/Arms
56% 133/238
Colonialism
28% 66/237
Human Rights
36% 155/427
Economic Dev.
58% 107/184
Disarmament
48% 157/325
Overall
49% 1268/2605

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Tonga Democratic Republic of the Congo Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
non_voting yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
non_voting yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
non_voting no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no non_voting 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
non_voting yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2020
yes non_voting 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2025
yes non_voting 122 / 56 / 0

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/74/159
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2019
yes 136 / 55 / 0
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
yes 122 / 55 / 1
A/RES/79/167
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2024
yes 131 / 55 / 0
A/RES/57/222
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2002
yes 122 / 55 / 1
32/97
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 135 / 55 / 0
32/128
Question of Brunei
1977
yes 136 / 55 / 0
A/RES/68/162
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2013
yes 135 / 55 / 0
A/RES/68/168
Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights : resolution / ado…
2013
yes 136 / 55 / 0