Voting Comparison

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

vs
6675 shared votes
68%
agreement
4553 agreed · 2122 diverged
6675 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.

Israel
United States of America Yes No Abstain
Yes 1224 42 219
No 287 2731 636
Abstain 334 226 577

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
81% 722/896
Nuclear/Arms
61% 351/580
Colonialism
72% 407/563
Human Rights
81% 626/773
Economic Dev.
63% 310/491
Disarmament
65% 505/779
Overall
68% 4553/6675

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution United States of America Israel Y / N / A
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
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no yes 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
no yes 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/79/160
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2024
no yes 119 / 53 / 10
A/RES/80/192
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2025
no yes 119 / 51 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no yes 120 / 50 / 10
A/RES/77/204
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2022
no yes 120 / 50 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no yes 118 / 49 / 14
A/RES/78/190
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2023
no yes 118 / 49 / 14
A/RES/66/257
Progress towards an accountability system in the United Nations Secretariat : r…
2012
no non_voting 98 / 48 / 4
32/128
Question of Brunei
1977
no abstain 114 / 47 / 17

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/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