Voting Comparison

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

vs
6763 shared votes
21%
agreement
1447 agreed · 5316 diverged
6763 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
Tunisia Yes No Abstain
Yes 1401 3667 1199
No 42 8 2
Abstain 218 52 31

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
7% 60/896
Nuclear/Arms
15% 88/579
Colonialism
4% 25/563
Human Rights
10% 78/773
Economic Dev.
12% 58/491
Disarmament
20% 156/779
Overall
21% 1447/6763

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Tunisia United States of America 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
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
no 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
yes 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
no 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes 56 / 42 / 34
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / …
1982
yes 81 / 38 / 20