Voting Comparison

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

vs
6371 shared votes
19%
agreement
1188 agreed · 5183 diverged
6371 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.

United States of America
Trinidad and Tobago Yes No Abstain
Yes 1143 3477 1151
No 4 19 1
Abstain 165 119 26

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
6% 58/896
Nuclear/Arms
15% 86/579
Colonialism
4% 20/563
Human Rights
13% 98/773
Economic Dev.
15% 72/491
Disarmament
20% 156/779
Overall
19% 1188/6371

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Trinidad and Tobago United States of America Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
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
abstain no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
abstain no 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
non_voting no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes no 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
yes no 96 / 58 / 12

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2000
yes 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
no 104 / 54 / 29
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
no 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/56/171
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2001
yes 72 / 49 / 46
A/RES/2025(XX)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1965
yes 56 / 49 / 11
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1969
yes 71 / 48 / 4