Voting Comparison

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

vs
3590 shared votes
89%
agreement
3196 agreed · 394 diverged
3590 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.

Slovakia
Albania Yes No Abstain
Yes 1970 4 38
No 2 595 24
Abstain 80 52 621

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
78% 373/476
Nuclear/Arms
92% 268/291
Colonialism
83% 253/305
Human Rights
87% 450/515
Economic Dev.
85% 178/209
Disarmament
93% 391/419
Overall
89% 3196/3590

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Albania Slovakia Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/63/171
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
non_voting no 86 / 53 / 42
A/RES/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1995
non_voting no 93 / 51 / 3
A/RES/62/154
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
non_voting no 108 / 51 / 25
A/RES/51/140
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1996
non_voting no 107 / 49 / 4
A/RES/56/146
Equitable geographical distribution of the membership of the human rights instr…
2001
no abstain 113 / 47 / 5
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain yes 61 / 47 / 51
32/95
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1977
no abstain 113 / 47 / 5
A/RES/54/177
Human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted b…
1999
abstain yes 61 / 47 / 51
A/RES/58/64
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2003
non_voting no 118 / 46 / 13

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
no 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
no 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
no 94 / 59 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
no 91 / 59 / 10