Voting Comparison

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

vs
3104 shared votes
99%
agreement
3062 agreed · 42 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.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Ukraine Yes No Abstain
Yes 2282 18
No 411 4
Abstain 1 353

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
96% 377/394
Nuclear/Arms
99% 276/278
Colonialism
97% 237/244
Human Rights
99% 244/247
Economic Dev.
100% 275/276
Disarmament
99% 345/348
Overall
99% 3062/3104

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Ukraine Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Y / N / A
A/RES/46/37C
Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Sessio…
1991
yes abstain 119 / 18 / 23
A/RES/46/89
Use of mercenaries as a means to violate human rights and to impede the exercis…
1992
yes abstain 122 / 11 / 28
A/RES/49(I)[C]
Consultative arrangements with non-governmental organizations : resolution / ad…
1946
no abstain 34 / 11 / 8
A/RES/40/59B
Financing of the UN Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the …
1985
non_voting no 93 / 10 / 6
A/RES/3005(XXVII)
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the …
1972
non_voting yes 63 / 10 / 49
A/RES/2955(XXVII)
Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determi…
1972
non_voting yes 89 / 8 / 18
A/RES/46/38B
Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by th…
1991
yes abstain 123 / 6 / 32
A/RES/46/47A
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the …
1991
yes abstain 96 / 5 / 52
A/RES/40/59A
Financing of the UN Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the …
1985
non_voting abstain 96 / 2 / 13
A/RES/43/58A
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the …
1988
yes non_voting 106 / 2 / 43
A/RES/46/46E
Palestine refugees in Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967 : res…
1991
yes non_voting 143 / 2 / 0
A/RES/46/46G
Return of the population and refugees displaced since 1967 : resolution / adopt…
1991
yes abstain 115 / 2 / 32

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/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia in…
1974
no 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1970
no 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/2025(XX)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1965
no 56 / 49 / 11
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1969
no 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2271(XXII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1967
no 69 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2159(XXI)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1966
no 66 / 48 / 7
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1968
no 73 / 47 / 5