Voting Comparison
Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.
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.
|
United States of America |
| Democratic Yemen |
Yes |
No |
Abstain |
| Yes |
358
|
1094
|
696
|
| No |
71
|
3
|
—
|
| Abstain |
74
|
4
|
21
|
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.
Most Divergent Votes
Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.
| Resolution |
Democratic Yemen |
United States of America |
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 |
no |
50 /
46 /
50
|
|
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
|
yes |
no |
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 |
no |
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
|
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/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/40/996
Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Sec…
1985
|
yes |
114 /
21 /
16
|
|
57/69
General and complete disarmament
2002
|
no |
78 /
21 /
42
|
|
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
|
yes |
109 /
19 /
17
|
|
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
|
yes |
126 /
18 /
12
|
|
A/RES/37/183
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Chile : resolution / adopted by the…
1982
|
yes |
85 /
17 /
41
|
