Voting Comparison

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

vs
14%
agreement
719 agreed · 4592 diverged
5311 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.

United States of America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Yes No Abstain
Yes 658 2490 566
No 2 25 3
Abstain 112 162 31

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
4% 36/859
Nuclear/Arms
11% 59/546
Colonialism
2% 12/506
Human Rights
10% 73/718
Economic Dev.
8% 36/431
Disarmament
16% 120/751
Overall
14% 719/5311

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Saint Vincent and the Grenadines United States of America 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
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 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
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
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/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
no 104 / 54 / 29
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
no 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/60/171
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2005
yes 75 / 50 / 43
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
no 106 / 46 / 34