Voting Comparison

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

vs
3003 shared votes
79%
agreement
2384 agreed · 619 diverged
3003 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.

Sao Tome and Principe
Yugoslavia Yes No Abstain
Yes 1827 5 38
No 16 4 3
Abstain 62 15

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
82% 513/626
Nuclear/Arms
78% 286/366
Colonialism
80% 298/371
Human Rights
79% 330/419
Economic Dev.
81% 264/325
Disarmament
80% 393/494
Overall
79% 2384/3003

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Yugoslavia Sao Tome and Principe Y / N / A
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes abstain 80 / 62 / 33
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
no yes 116 / 55 / 7
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
no yes 122 / 55 / 1
A/RES/57/213
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2002
no yes 116 / 55 / 7
A/RES/57/222
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2002
no yes 122 / 55 / 1
40/229
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for …
1985
no yes 114 / 54 / 15
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 yes 114 / 54 / 15
34/131
Question of Guam
1979
no yes 116 / 53 / 14
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 yes 116 / 53 / 14
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
no yes 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/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
non_voting 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1997
non_voting 96 / 58 / 12
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/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1995
non_voting 91 / 57 / 21
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2000
yes 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/48/124
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1993
non_voting 101 / 51 / 17
A/RES/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementation of the…
1995
non_voting 93 / 51 / 3