Voting Comparison

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

vs
5403 shared votes
38%
agreement
2052 agreed · 3351 diverged

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 Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Zimbabwe Yes No Abstain
Yes 2018 1440 1077
No 183 1
Abstain 187 23 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
60% 515/859
Nuclear/Arms
17% 93/546
Colonialism
29% 149/506
Human Rights
25% 177/718
Economic Dev.
31% 132/431
Disarmament
31% 230/751
Overall
38% 2052/5403

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Zimbabwe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
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
no yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
non_voting no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes 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

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 124 / 50 / 13
A/RES/79/330
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization : resolu…
2025
yes 118 / 36 / 11
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 85 / 32 / 49
A/RES/55/116
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2000
yes 85 / 32 / 49
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 89 / 30 / 39
A/RES/54/182
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1999
yes 89 / 30 / 39
A/RES/79/201
Entrepreneurship for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2024
yes 146 / 30 / 7
A/RES/80/133
Agricultural technology for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General…
2025
yes 138 / 27 / 11