Voting Comparison

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

vs
6220 shared votes
85%
agreement
5268 agreed · 952 diverged
6220 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 Republic of Tanzania
Uganda Yes No Abstain
Yes 4952 8 86
No 9 19 20
Abstain 191 17 220

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
79% 707/896
Nuclear/Arms
89% 517/579
Colonialism
83% 469/563
Human Rights
81% 629/773
Economic Dev.
85% 415/491
Disarmament
86% 670/779
Overall
85% 5268/6220

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes abstain 80 / 61 / 42
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/62/24
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2007
non_voting yes 109 / 55 / 15
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
abstain no 67 / 54 / 46
37//6/
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections
1982
abstain yes 131 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
abstain yes 137 / 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/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2000
abstain no 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/61/164
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
non_voting abstain 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

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
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
abstain 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
abstain 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
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