Voting Comparison

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

vs
3046 shared votes
66%
agreement
2020 agreed · 1026 diverged
3046 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.

Guinea-Bissau
Yugoslavia Yes No Abstain
Yes 1816 2 41
No 2 7 4
Abstain 63 1 18

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
65% 410/626
Nuclear/Arms
60% 220/366
Colonialism
65% 243/371
Human Rights
58% 244/419
Economic Dev.
74% 240/325
Disarmament
58% 287/494
Overall
66% 2020/3046

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Yugoslavia Guinea-Bissau Y / N / A
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes non_voting 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
non_voting yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
non_voting yes 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
non_voting yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/57/213
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2002
no non_voting 116 / 55 / 7
A/RES/57/222
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2002
no non_voting 122 / 55 / 1
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2000
yes non_voting 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/56/152
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United …
2001
no non_voting 100 / 54 / 15
A/RES/57/217
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United …
2002
no non_voting 114 / 54 / 15
A/RES/56/151
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2001
no non_voting 109 / 53 / 6
A/RES/57/216
Promotion of the right of peoples to peace : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2002
no non_voting 116 / 53 / 14
A/RES/57/205
Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights : resolu…
2002
no non_voting 124 / 52 / 5

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/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1994
non_voting 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia in…
1974
no 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/55/101
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations to…
2000
non_voting 104 / 52 / 15
A/RES/55/107
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the…
2000
non_voting 109 / 52 / 7
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/55/110
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2000
non_voting 117 / 49 / 6
A/RES/55/29
Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament :…
2000
non_voting 97 / 46 / 21
A/RES/55/102
Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights : resolution / ado…
2000
non_voting 112 / 46 / 15