Voting Comparison
Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.
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 |
| Belgium |
Yes |
No |
Abstain |
| Yes |
2196
|
1
|
65
|
| No |
2
|
649
|
29
|
| Abstain |
66
|
17
|
634
|
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.
Economic Dev.
95%
199/209
Most Divergent Votes
Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.
| Resolution |
Belgium |
Slovakia |
Y / N / A |
|
A/RES/56/146
Equitable geographical distribution of the membership of the human rights instr…
2001
|
no |
abstain |
113 /
47 /
5
|
|
32/95
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1977
|
no |
abstain |
113 /
47 /
5
|
|
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
|
yes |
no |
110 /
35 /
24
|
|
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/48/123
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for …
1993
|
no |
abstain |
115 /
34 /
21
|
|
A/RES/75/37
No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2020
|
abstain |
no |
132 /
34 /
21
|
|
A/59/516/Add.1
United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning
2005
|
no |
yes |
84 /
34 /
37
|
|
A/RES/59/280
United Nations declaration on human cloning : resolution / adopted by the Gener…
2005
|
no |
yes |
84 /
34 /
37
|
|
A/RES/77/23
Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat
2022
|
abstain |
no |
90 /
30 /
47
|
|
A/RES/79/82
Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by th…
2024
|
abstain |
no |
101 /
27 /
42
|
|
A/RES/58/162
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2003
|
no |
abstain |
125 /
26 /
29
|
|
A/RES/77/247
Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the O…
2022
|
yes |
abstain |
87 /
26 /
53
|
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/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
|
yes |
80 /
62 /
33
|
|
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
|
