Voting Comparison
Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.
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.
|
German Democratic Republic |
| Viet Nam |
Yes |
No |
Abstain |
| Yes |
1494
|
13
|
40
|
| No |
—
|
71
|
1
|
| Abstain |
18
|
12
|
62
|
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.
Economic Dev.
78%
191/244
Most Divergent Votes
Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.
| Resolution |
Viet Nam |
German Democratic Republic |
Y / N / A |
|
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
|
yes |
non_voting |
50 /
46 /
50
|
|
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
|
yes |
non_voting |
54 /
42 /
46
|
|
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
|
yes |
non_voting |
58 /
35 /
46
|
|
A/RES/34/219[I]
Personnel questions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
|
non_voting |
no |
101 /
33 /
1
|
|
A/RES/36/235XVII
Access to the language training programme by accredited staff of permanent miss…
1981
|
non_voting |
no |
95 /
32 /
11
|
|
A/RES/34/40
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
|
yes |
non_voting |
62 /
31 /
45
|
|
A/RES/33/39
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1978
|
non_voting |
yes |
59 /
31 /
44
|
|
A/RES/33/31[B]
Question of Western Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1978
|
non_voting |
abstain |
66 /
30 /
40
|
|
A/RES/33/138
Question of the composition of the relevant organs of the United Nations : amen…
1979
|
non_voting |
no |
105 /
29 /
3
|
|
A/RES/44/128
Elaboration of a 2nd Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil a…
1989
|
non_voting |
yes |
59 /
26 /
48
|
|
A/RES/36/235VI
Training programme for the English and French translators/precis-writers at the…
1981
|
non_voting |
no |
113 /
25 /
0
|
|
A/RES/39/158
Implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the Unit…
1984
|
abstain |
no |
108 /
22 /
13
|
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/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
|
yes |
53 /
45 /
38
|
|
A/4l/727
1986
|
yes |
77 /
40 /
16
|
|
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violations of huma…
1980
|
no |
57 /
39 /
46
|
|
A/4l/L.43
The auestion of Palestine
1986
|
yes |
66 /
38 /
41
|
|
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / …
1982
|
no |
81 /
38 /
20
|
|
A/RES/34/2A
Credentials of representatives to the 34th session of the General Assembly : resolution /…
1979
|
no |
71 /
35 /
34
|
|
A/RES/40/168A
Question of the composition of the relevant organs of the United Nations
1985
|
yes |
64 /
33 /
41
|
|
A/RES/34/65B
Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
|
yes |
75 /
33 /
37
|
