Voting Comparison

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

vs
1377 shared votes
71%
agreement
974 agreed · 403 diverged
1377 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.

Democratic Yemen
Vanuatu Yes No Abstain
Yes 949 17 20
No 1 1
Abstain 7 6 4

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
69% 193/280
Nuclear/Arms
75% 150/200
Colonialism
75% 106/141
Human Rights
75% 114/153
Economic Dev.
72% 133/186
Disarmament
77% 209/272
Overall
71% 974/1377

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Vanuatu Democratic Yemen Y / N / A
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : res…
1982
non_voting no 81 / 38 / 20
A/RES/41/159
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1986
non_voting no 61 / 32 / 42
A/RES/38/183A
Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1983
yes no 88 / 31 / 24
A/RES/40/141
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1985
non_voting no 53 / 30 / 45
A/RES/38/180E
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1983
non_voting yes 81 / 27 / 29
A/RES/37/125A
Scale of assessments for the apportionment of expenses of the United Nations : …
1982
non_voting yes 110 / 26 / 7
A/RES/43/137
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1988
non_voting no 61 / 25 / 44
A/RES/37/130
Impact of inflation and monetary instability on the regular budget of the Unite…
1982
non_voting yes 94 / 25 / 22
A/RES/41/158
Question of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Afghanistan : resolution /…
1986
non_voting no 89 / 24 / 36
A/RES/40/168B
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1985
non_voting yes 86 / 23 / 37
A/RES/38/3
The situation in Kampuchea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1983
non_voting no 105 / 23 / 19
A/RES/38/180A
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1983
non_voting yes 85 / 23 / 31

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/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
yes 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
yes 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
yes 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/40/168A
Question of the composition of the relevant organs of the United Nations
1985
yes 64 / 33 / 41
A/RES/36/235XVII
Access to the language training programme by accredited staff of permanent mission at Hea…
1981
yes 95 / 32 / 11
A/RES/41/162B
The auestion of Palestine
1986
yes 90 / 29 / 34
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 69 / 29 / 47
A/RES/41/35C
Relations between Israel and South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1986
yes 102 / 29 / 26