Voting Comparison

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

vs
4786 shared votes
64%
agreement
3046 agreed · 1740 diverged
4786 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.

Rwanda
Vanuatu Yes No Abstain
Yes 2537 4 174
No 3 5
Abstain 107 3 103

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
51% 425/837
Nuclear/Arms
67% 353/529
Colonialism
54% 264/490
Human Rights
54% 376/700
Economic Dev.
63% 262/415
Disarmament
64% 469/733
Overall
64% 3046/4786

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Vanuatu Rwanda Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain yes 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
abstain no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no abstain 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
non_voting yes 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no abstain 94 / 59 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
abstain non_voting 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
non_voting yes 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
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
non_voting 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1995
yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2025
yes 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the…
2006
yes 124 / 56 / 4
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/74/154
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2019
yes 135 / 55 / 0
A/RES/74/159
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2019
yes 136 / 55 / 0