Voting Comparison

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

vs
37%
agreement
1331 agreed · 2286 diverged
3617 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.

Marshall Islands
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Yes No Abstain
Yes 1187 894 434
No 19 1
Abstain 103 33 32

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
16% 84/530
Nuclear/Arms
47% 148/312
Colonialism
38% 126/334
Human Rights
16% 84/537
Economic Dev.
53% 118/223
Disarmament
54% 241/445
Overall
37% 1331/3617

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Marshall Islands Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
non_voting no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
abstain yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes no 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
non_voting no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
non_voting no 96 / 58 / 12
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes no 97 / 57 / 14

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/80/205
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2025
non_voting 122 / 55 / 1
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 128 / 55 / 2
A/RES/63/167
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies :…
2008
yes 128 / 55 / 2
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2000
yes 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/59/205
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2004
yes 71 / 54 / 55
A/RES/80/206
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights tr…
2025
non_voting 124 / 53 / 1
A/RES/64/173
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights tr…
2010
yes 131 / 53 / 2