Voting Comparison

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

vs
3714 shared votes
94%
agreement
3504 agreed · 210 diverged
3714 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.

Slovenia
Belgium Yes No Abstain
Yes 2215 28
No 4 623 59
Abstain 67 7 663

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% 487/502
Nuclear/Arms
92% 278/301
Colonialism
90% 286/319
Human Rights
95% 500/526
Economic Dev.
94% 202/215
Disarmament
95% 411/431
Overall
94% 3504/3714

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Belgium Slovenia Y / N / A
A/RES/52/169F
Emergency assistance to the Sudan
1997
no abstain 95 / 38 / 13
A/RES/50/11
Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995
yes abstain 97 / 36 / 29
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes abstain 110 / 35 / 24
A/RES/49/186
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for …
1994
no abstain 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/79/35
Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclea…
2024
no abstain 137 / 35 / 15
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
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no abstain 100 / 30 / 22
A/RES/50/96
Economic measures as a means of political and economic coersion against develop…
1995
no abstain 100 / 30 / 22

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