Voting Comparison

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

vs
1929 shared votes
56%
agreement
1078 agreed · 851 diverged
1929 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.

Seychelles
Democratic Yemen Yes No Abstain
Yes 1001 2 10
No 2 9 2
Abstain 13 13

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
74% 252/339
Nuclear/Arms
64% 161/250
Colonialism
62% 132/214
Human Rights
59% 134/226
Economic Dev.
42% 110/262
Disarmament
62% 198/318
Overall
56% 1078/1929

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Democratic Yemen Seychelles Y / N / A
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : res…
1982
no non_voting 81 / 38 / 20
A/RES/40/168A
Question of the composition of the relevant organs of the United Nations
1985
yes non_voting 64 / 33 / 41
A/RES/34/219[I]
Personnel questions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
yes non_voting 101 / 33 / 1
A/RES/41/159
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1986
no non_voting 61 / 32 / 42
A/RES/36/235XVII
Access to the language training programme by accredited staff of permanent miss…
1981
yes non_voting 95 / 32 / 11
A/RES/38/183A
Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1983
no non_voting 88 / 31 / 24
A/RES/33/39
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1978
yes abstain 59 / 31 / 44
A/RES/40/141
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1985
no non_voting 53 / 30 / 45
A/RES/33/71[A]
Military and nuclear collaboration with Israel : resolution / adopted by the Ge…
1978
yes non_voting 72 / 30 / 37
A/RES/41/162B
The auestion of Palestine
1986
yes non_voting 90 / 29 / 34
A/RES/42/79
Question of New Caledonia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1987
yes non_voting 69 / 29 / 47
A/RES/33/138
Question of the composition of the relevant organs of the United Nations : amen…
1979
yes non_voting 105 / 29 / 3

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/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violations of huma…
1980
no 57 / 39 / 46
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
yes 58 / 35 / 46
A/RES/34/2A
Credentials of representatives to the 34th session of the General Assembly : resolution /…
1979
no 71 / 35 / 34
A/RES/34/65B
Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
yes 75 / 33 / 37