Voting Comparison

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

vs
2784 shared votes
14%
agreement
400 agreed · 2384 diverged
2784 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
Tuvalu Yes No Abstain
Yes 335 1192 186
No 1 26 2
Abstain 25 161 36

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
5% 17/333
Nuclear/Arms
9% 21/232
Colonialism
4% 10/225
Human Rights
15% 63/410
Economic Dev.
13% 24/179
Disarmament
17% 53/313
Overall
14% 400/2784

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Tuvalu United States of America Y / N / A
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
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
non_voting 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
abstain no 94 / 59 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2020
non_voting no 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2025
yes no 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
non_voting no 87 / 56 / 26

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
no 94 / 71 / 23
32/97
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no 100 / 54 / 15
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 68 / 54 / 51
A/RES/56/152
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations to…
2001
no 100 / 54 / 15
A/RES/58/195
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2003
yes 68 / 54 / 51
A/RES/59/205
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2004
yes 71 / 54 / 55
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2008
yes 69 / 54 / 57
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0