Voting Comparison

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

vs
6384 shared votes
17%
agreement
1113 agreed · 5271 diverged
6384 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
Zambia Yes No Abstain
Yes 1071 3477 1176
No 30 4
Abstain 187 76 32

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
7% 66/896
Nuclear/Arms
13% 78/579
Colonialism
3% 19/563
Human Rights
9% 67/773
Economic Dev.
12% 61/491
Disarmament
19% 150/779
Overall
17% 1113/6384

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Zambia United States of America Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes no 94 / 71 / 23
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
abstain yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
abstain no 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes no 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
yes no 96 / 58 / 12
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes no 97 / 57 / 14

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/53/158
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
1998
yes 64 / 41 / 56
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violations of huma…
1980
yes 57 / 39 / 46
A/RES/56/175
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2001
abstain 79 / 37 / 48
A/RES/50/11
Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995
no 97 / 36 / 29
A/59/516/Add.1
United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning
2005
yes 84 / 34 / 37
A/RES/59/280
United Nations declaration on human cloning : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2005
yes 84 / 34 / 37