Voting Comparison

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

vs
3435 shared votes
8%
agreement
275 agreed · 3160 diverged
3435 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.

Turkmenistan
United States of America Yes No Abstain
Yes 269 46 39
No 1707 41
Abstain 254 1

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
1% 4/502
Nuclear/Arms
11% 32/301
Colonialism
2% 7/319
Human Rights
2% 11/526
Economic Dev.
6% 12/215
Disarmament
16% 70/431
Overall
8% 275/3435

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution United States of America Turkmenistan 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 non_voting 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes non_voting 80 / 62 / 33
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
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
no non_voting 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no abstain 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
no abstain 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/47/828
Programme planning
1992
yes 105 / 11 / 36