Voting Comparison

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

vs
3955 shared votes
21%
agreement
823 agreed · 3132 diverged
3955 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.

United States of America
Yugoslavia Yes No Abstain
Yes 761 1339 863
No 88 32
Abstain 140 56 24

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
8% 50/626
Nuclear/Arms
10% 37/366
Colonialism
4% 13/371
Human Rights
9% 36/419
Economic Dev.
13% 41/325
Disarmament
13% 65/494
Overall
21% 823/3955

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Yugoslavia United States of America Y / N / A
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
non_voting no 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
non_voting no 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
non_voting no 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
non_voting no 91 / 57 / 21
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/55/101
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United …
2000
non_voting no 104 / 52 / 15
A/RES/55/107
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2000
non_voting no 109 / 52 / 7
A/RES/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1970
no yes 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/48/124
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1993
non_voting no 101 / 51 / 17
A/RES/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1995
non_voting no 93 / 51 / 3
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no yes 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/51/140
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1996
non_voting no 107 / 49 / 4

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/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
no 116 / 55 / 7
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
no 122 / 55 / 1
A/RES/57/213
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the…
2002
no 116 / 55 / 7
A/RES/57/222
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2002
no 122 / 55 / 1
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 67 / 54 / 46
32/97
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no 100 / 54 / 15
40/229
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for improving …
1985
no 114 / 54 / 15