Voting Comparison

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

vs
3604 shared votes
55%
agreement
1973 agreed · 1631 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.

Micronesia (Federated States of)
United States of America Yes No Abstain
Yes 658 8
No 490 1104 448
Abstain 145 3 204

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
63% 336/530
Nuclear/Arms
50% 155/312
Colonialism
46% 153/334
Human Rights
62% 332/537
Economic Dev.
22% 49/223
Disarmament
54% 242/445
Overall
55% 1973/3604

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution United States of America Micronesia (Federated States of) Y / N / A
A/RES/63/167
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treat…
2008
no non_voting 128 / 55 / 2
37//6/
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections
1982
abstain no 131 / 54 / 0
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
no yes 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/64/157
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2010
no non_voting 127 / 54 / 5
A/RES/65/223
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2010
no non_voting 126 / 54 / 5
A/RES/66/153
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human…
2011
no non_voting 135 / 54 / 1
A/RES/66/159
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2011
no non_voting 130 / 54 / 6
A/RES/68/161
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human…
2013
no non_voting 135 / 54 / 1
A/RES/70/152
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human…
2015
no non_voting 134 / 54 / 0
A/RES/64/173
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human…
2010
no non_voting 131 / 53 / 2
A/RES/78/237
Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context …
2023
no non_voting 104 / 53 / 7
A/RES/61/169
The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
no yes 134 / 53 / 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
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
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
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