Voting Comparison

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

vs
3663 shared votes
45%
agreement
1639 agreed · 2024 diverged

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.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Ukraine Yes No Abstain
Yes 1573 271 203
No 448 14 54
Abstain 639 39 44

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% 419/530
Nuclear/Arms
32% 99/312
Colonialism
67% 223/334
Human Rights
32% 172/537
Economic Dev.
50% 112/223
Disarmament
40% 180/445
Overall
45% 1639/3663

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Ukraine Democratic People's Republic of Korea Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
no yes 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no yes 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
no yes 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
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
no 80 / 62 / 33
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
no 68 / 54 / 51
A/RES/58/195
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2003
no 68 / 54 / 51
A/RES/59/205
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2004
no 71 / 54 / 55
A/RES/68/35
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 2010 Review …
2013
yes 120 / 53 / 9
A/RES/66/28
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 2010 Review …
2011
yes 118 / 52 / 6
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 127 / 50 / 8
A/RES/59/195
Human rights and terrorism : resolution / adopted by the General Assemly
2004
yes 127 / 50 / 8