Voting Comparison

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

vs
5840 shared votes
13%
agreement
774 agreed · 5066 diverged
5840 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
Viet Nam Yes No Abstain
Yes 695 3473 865
No 175 6 4
Abstain 186 37 63

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
5% 42/891
Nuclear/Arms
10% 58/572
Colonialism
2% 10/548
Human Rights
4% 27/760
Economic Dev.
7% 34/473
Disarmament
14% 107/773
Overall
13% 774/5840

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Viet Nam 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
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no 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
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes no 96 / 58 / 12

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/38/183A
Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1983
no 88 / 31 / 24
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 133 / 30 / 7
A/RES/52/39C
Convention on theh Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by th…
1997
yes 109 / 30 / 27
A/RES/79/201
Entrepreneurship for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2024
yes 146 / 30 / 7
A/RES/69/210
Entrepreneurship for development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2014
yes 133 / 30 / 7
32/95
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1977
yes 145 / 27 / 4
A/RES/77/160
Entrepreneurship for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2022
yes 145 / 27 / 4