Voting Comparison

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

vs
3538 shared votes
41%
agreement
1455 agreed · 2083 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.

Micronesia (Federated States of)
Samoa Yes No Abstain
Yes 1141 705 452
No 43 3
Abstain 26 250 119

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
21% 112/530
Nuclear/Arms
31% 96/312
Colonialism
29% 97/334
Human Rights
36% 192/537
Economic Dev.
57% 126/223
Disarmament
47% 207/445
Overall
41% 1455/3538

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Samoa Micronesia (Federated States of) Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain no 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
non_voting no 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
abstain no 94 / 59 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2020
yes no 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2025
yes no 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
abstain no 109 / 56 / 10
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/74/154
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2019
yes no 135 / 55 / 0
A/RES/74/159
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2019
yes no 136 / 55 / 0
A/RES/75/177
Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human r…
2020
yes no 130 / 55 / 1
A/RES/75/178
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2020
yes no 125 / 55 / 8

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
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 80 / 61 / 42
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
no 91 / 59 / 10