Voting Comparison

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

vs
83%
agreement
5532 agreed · 1109 diverged
6641 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.

Plurinational State of Bolivia
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Yes No Abstain
Yes 5152 12 184
No 34 56 45
Abstain 178 22 139

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
91% 813/896
Nuclear/Arms
91% 524/579
Colonialism
92% 519/563
Human Rights
86% 665/773
Economic Dev.
91% 445/491
Disarmament
91% 711/779
Overall
83% 5532/6641

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Plurinational State of Bolivia Y / N / A
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes abstain 79 / 60 / 33
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes abstain 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
yes abstain 96 / 58 / 12
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes abstain 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
yes abstain 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
yes abstain 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
yes abstain 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/79/167
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2024
non_voting yes 131 / 55 / 0
A/RES/79/168
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2024
non_voting yes 125 / 55 / 7
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
no yes 67 / 54 / 46
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
no yes 68 / 54 / 51
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes abstain 111 / 54 / 18

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
yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
yes 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
yes 80 / 61 / 42
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33