Voting Comparison

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

vs
2437 shared votes
94%
agreement
2301 agreed · 136 diverged
2437 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.

Montenegro
Belgium Yes No Abstain
Yes 1462 21
No 4 436 44
Abstain 44 3 401

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
97% 215/222
Nuclear/Arms
85% 154/181
Colonialism
96% 157/164
Human Rights
96% 290/301
Economic Dev.
94% 137/146
Disarmament
90% 212/236
Overall
94% 2301/2437

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Belgium Montenegro Y / N / A
A/RES/66/57
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2011
no non_voting 117 / 48 / 12
A/RES/69/48
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2014
no abstain 121 / 44 / 17
A/RES/67/60
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2012
no abstain 124 / 44 / 18
A/RES/68/47
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2013
no abstain 122 / 44 / 17
A/RES/70/52
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2015
no abstain 127 / 43 / 15
A/RES/76/23
No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2021
abstain no 130 / 35 / 20
A/RES/75/37
No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2020
abstain no 132 / 34 / 21
32/100
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
no abstain 127 / 30 / 23
A/RES/63/49
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2008
no abstain 127 / 30 / 23
A/RES/68/32
Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Dis…
2013
no abstain 137 / 28 / 20
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
no abstain 137 / 28 / 20
A/RES/61/83
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2006
no abstain 125 / 27 / 29

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
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/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/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 80 / 61 / 42
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