Voting Comparison

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

vs
5795 shared votes
86%
agreement
4984 agreed · 811 diverged
5795 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.

Mozambique
Zambia Yes No Abstain
Yes 4803 18 107
No 6 3 8
Abstain 102 9 126

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
86% 773/896
Nuclear/Arms
89% 517/579
Colonialism
90% 508/563
Human Rights
85% 658/773
Economic Dev.
88% 432/491
Disarmament
88% 689/779
Overall
86% 4984/5795

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Zambia Mozambique Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
abstain no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
abstain yes 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
abstain yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/68/152
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2013
yes non_voting 128 / 55 / 8
A/RES/68/162
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2013
non_voting yes 135 / 55 / 0
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2000
non_voting abstain 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
abstain yes 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/67/170
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2012
yes non_voting 128 / 54 / 4
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
abstain yes 131 / 53 / 7

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/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2013
yes 94 / 71 / 23
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
yes 86 / 64 / 26
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1997
yes 96 / 58 / 12