Voting Comparison

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

vs
3251 shared votes
36%
agreement
1181 agreed · 2070 diverged
3251 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.

Palau
Samoa Yes No Abstain
Yes 935 580 342
No 37
Abstain 32 202 50

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
12% 54/441
Nuclear/Arms
27% 76/286
Colonialism
24% 69/287
Human Rights
26% 132/500
Economic Dev.
42% 85/201
Disarmament
32% 129/408
Overall
36% 1181/3251

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Samoa Palau 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 abstain 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
no non_voting 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
no non_voting 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
no non_voting 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
no non_voting 91 / 57 / 21
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
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
yes no 122 / 55 / 1
A/RES/79/167
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2024
yes no 131 / 55 / 0

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
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the…
2006
no 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2020
yes 131 / 56 / 0