Voting Comparison

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

vs
6777 shared votes
44%
agreement
3002 agreed · 3775 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.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Tunisia Yes No Abstain
Yes 2953 1737 1572
No 46 1 7
Abstain 231 30 41

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
63% 567/896
Nuclear/Arms
22% 130/579
Colonialism
30% 169/563
Human Rights
30% 229/773
Economic Dev.
36% 177/491
Disarmament
37% 292/779
Overall
44% 3002/6777

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Tunisia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes 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
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
no 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
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
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
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 124 / 50 / 13
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
yes 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes 56 / 42 / 34
40/229
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for improving …
1985
yes 111 / 41 / 34