Voting Comparison

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

vs
5599 shared votes
77%
agreement
4336 agreed · 1263 diverged
5599 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.

Angola
Uganda Yes No Abstain
Yes 4045 14 117
No 13 9 10
Abstain 137 33 169

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
68% 605/894
Nuclear/Arms
77% 444/579
Colonialism
78% 434/560
Human Rights
77% 595/772
Economic Dev.
80% 391/487
Disarmament
74% 580/779
Overall
77% 4336/5599

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Uganda Angola Y / N / A
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes non_voting 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
non_voting yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
yes non_voting 87 / 56 / 26
37//6/
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections
1982
abstain yes 131 / 54 / 0
A/RES/79/61
Strengthening and developing the system of arms control, disarmament and non-pr…
2024
non_voting yes 117 / 54 / 11
A/RES/61/164
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
non_voting yes 111 / 54 / 18
A/RES/61/170
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2006
non_voting yes 131 / 54 / 0
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
no yes 104 / 54 / 29
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
abstain yes 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
abstain yes 135 / 53 / 1

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
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
abstain 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 80 / 61 / 42
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
yes 94 / 59 / 33
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 96 / 58 / 12