Voting Comparison

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

vs
2908 shared votes
59%
agreement
1702 agreed · 1206 diverged
2908 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
Yugoslavia Yes No Abstain
Yes 1261 7 12
No 11 2
Abstain 46 2 16

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% 461/626
Nuclear/Arms
64% 233/366
Colonialism
64% 239/371
Human Rights
63% 265/419
Economic Dev.
43% 140/325
Disarmament
62% 305/494
Overall
59% 1702/2908

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Yugoslavia Seychelles 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
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
no yes 116 / 55 / 7
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 non_voting 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/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 yes 114 / 54 / 15
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no yes 109 / 53 / 6
A/RES/56/151
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2001
no yes 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

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/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
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/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
A/RES/51/140
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementation of the…
1996
non_voting 107 / 49 / 4