Voting Comparison

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

vs
2887 shared votes
64%
agreement
1858 agreed · 1029 diverged
2887 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.

Papua New Guinea
Tonga Yes No Abstain
Yes 1488 8 89
No 29 13
Abstain 251 27 239

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
51% 182/354
Nuclear/Arms
76% 181/238
Colonialism
57% 136/237
Human Rights
49% 210/427
Economic Dev.
70% 128/184
Disarmament
69% 224/325
Overall
64% 1858/2887

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Tonga Papua New Guinea Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
non_voting abstain 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
non_voting abstain 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/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no abstain 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/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2006
non_voting yes 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2020
yes no 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
non_voting abstain 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
abstain yes 109 / 56 / 10
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 131 / 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
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2025
yes 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/74/154
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2019
yes 135 / 55 / 0
A/RES/74/159
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2019
yes 136 / 55 / 0
A/RES/76/162
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2021
yes 131 / 55 / 0
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
yes 122 / 55 / 1