Voting Comparison

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

vs
5694 shared votes
93%
agreement
5296 agreed · 398 diverged

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.

Lao People's Democratic Republic
Viet Nam Yes No Abstain
Yes 4777 3 42
No 122 59
Abstain 54 5 195

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
98% 877/891
Nuclear/Arms
96% 551/572
Colonialism
99% 543/548
Human Rights
92% 702/760
Economic Dev.
91% 432/473
Disarmament
91% 706/773
Overall
93% 5296/5694

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Viet Nam Lao People's Democratic Republic Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes abstain 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no non_voting 80 / 62 / 33
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
no abstain 68 / 54 / 51
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
no abstain 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/58/195
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2003
no abstain 68 / 54 / 51
A/RES/59/205
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2004
no abstain 71 / 54 / 55
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2008
no abstain 69 / 54 / 57
A/RES/62/168
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2007
no abstain 73 / 53 / 55
A/RES/76/151
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2021
yes non_voting 128 / 52 / 6
A/RES/60/171
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2005
no abstain 75 / 50 / 43
A/RES/61/176
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2006
no abstain 72 / 50 / 55
A/RES/64/176
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2010
no abstain 74 / 49 / 59

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
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/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
yes 94 / 59 / 33