Voting Comparison

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

vs
2470 shared votes
30%
agreement
746 agreed · 1724 diverged
2470 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.

France
Democratic Yemen Yes No Abstain
Yes 708 468 980
No 63 5 6
Abstain 72 6 22

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
43% 146/339
Nuclear/Arms
12% 29/251
Colonialism
21% 45/214
Human Rights
27% 61/226
Economic Dev.
27% 71/262
Disarmament
21% 66/318
Overall
30% 746/2470

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Democratic Yemen France Y / N / A
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
no abstain 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no yes 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
yes abstain 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
yes abstain 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes no 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
no yes 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
yes abstain 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no yes 56 / 42 / 34
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violatio…
1980
no yes 57 / 39 / 46
A/4l/L.43
The auestion of Palestine
1986
yes no 66 / 38 / 41
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : res…
1982
no yes 81 / 38 / 20
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
yes abstain 58 / 35 / 46

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/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1970
no 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1969
no 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1968
no 73 / 47 / 5
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/2758(XXVI)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations …
1971
yes 76 / 35 / 17
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 124 / 24 / 2
A/RES/36/155
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador : resolution / adopted …
1981
yes 69 / 22 / 53