Voting Comparison

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

vs
2455 shared votes
25%
agreement
619 agreed · 1836 diverged
2455 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.

Israel
Democratic Yemen Yes No Abstain
Yes 591 663 675
No 64 1 3
Abstain 84 3 10

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
1% 3/339
Nuclear/Arms
18% 45/251
Colonialism
9% 20/214
Human Rights
8% 18/226
Economic Dev.
23% 60/262
Disarmament
27% 87/318
Overall
25% 619/2455

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Democratic Yemen Israel Y / N / A
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
no yes 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1970
no yes 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no yes 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1969
no yes 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1968
no yes 73 / 47 / 5
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 abstain 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

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
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
A/RES/44/128
Elaboration of a 2nd Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Politic…
1989
abstain 59 / 26 / 48
A/RES/36/235VI
Training programme for the English and French translators/precis-writers at the Economic …
1981
yes 113 / 25 / 0
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 124 / 24 / 2
A/RES/36/116B
Financial emergency of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
yes 103 / 23 / 5
A/40/996
Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Sec…
1985
yes 114 / 21 / 16