Voting Comparison

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

vs
6403 shared votes
18%
agreement
1128 agreed · 5275 diverged
6403 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
Uganda Yes No Abstain
Yes 1047 3279 1049
No 33 13 2
Abstain 285 100 66

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
6% 53/896
Nuclear/Arms
13% 78/579
Colonialism
3% 17/563
Human Rights
7% 55/773
Economic Dev.
11% 53/491
Disarmament
16% 126/779
Overall
18% 1128/6403

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Uganda 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
abstain no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
abstain 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
yes no 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
non_voting no 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
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
37//6/
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections
1982
abstain 131 / 54 / 0
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
no 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
no 106 / 46 / 34
40/229
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for improving …
1985
no 111 / 41 / 34
A/RES/65/206
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 109 / 41 / 35
A/RES/67/176
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2012
no 111 / 41 / 34
32/100
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
no 123 / 38 / 24
A/RES/75/183
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2020
no 123 / 38 / 24