Voting Comparison

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

vs
6520 shared votes
90%
agreement
5840 agreed · 680 diverged
6520 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.

Bulgaria
Ukraine Yes No Abstain
Yes 4211 31 211
No 15 801 48
Abstain 100 161 812

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
92% 827/896
Nuclear/Arms
81% 468/579
Colonialism
90% 506/563
Human Rights
86% 662/773
Economic Dev.
89% 439/491
Disarmament
83% 650/779
Overall
90% 5840/6520

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Ukraine Bulgaria Y / N / A
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no yes 80 / 62 / 33
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain no 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
abstain no 91 / 57 / 21
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
abstain yes 67 / 54 / 46
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
no yes 68 / 54 / 51
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2000
abstain yes 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/58/195
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2003
no yes 68 / 54 / 51
A/RES/59/205
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2004
no yes 71 / 54 / 55
A/RES/60/51
Role of science and technology in the context of international security and dis…
2005
abstain no 110 / 53 / 17
A/RES/68/35
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2013
yes no 120 / 53 / 9
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain no 128 / 52 / 4
A/RES/59/181
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treat…
2004
abstain no 128 / 52 / 4

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
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
no 79 / 60 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 91 / 59 / 10