Voting Comparison

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

vs
6132 shared votes
93%
agreement
5701 agreed · 431 diverged
6132 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.

Bangladesh
Tunisia Yes No Abstain
Yes 5512 32 94
No 4 31 9
Abstain 72 25 150

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
99% 884/896
Nuclear/Arms
97% 561/579
Colonialism
97% 544/563
Human Rights
88% 683/773
Economic Dev.
93% 457/491
Disarmament
95% 743/779
Overall
93% 5701/6132

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Tunisia Bangladesh Y / N / A
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
non_voting abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
yes non_voting 109 / 56 / 10
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes abstain 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes abstain 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
non_voting no 104 / 54 / 29
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes no 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/76/234
Promoting international cooperation on peaceful uses in the context of internat…
2021
abstain yes 78 / 53 / 32
A/RES/78/237
Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context …
2023
non_voting yes 104 / 53 / 7
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain yes 127 / 52 / 6
A/RES/62/145
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2007
abstain yes 127 / 52 / 6
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
abstain non_voting 59 / 51 / 29

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
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
no 80 / 62 / 33
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
abstain 79 / 60 / 33