Voting Comparison

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

vs
3589 shared votes
91%
agreement
3281 agreed · 308 diverged
3589 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.

Monaco
Spain Yes No Abstain
Yes 2071 2 63
No 2 601 12
Abstain 11 43 608

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
95% 452/476
Nuclear/Arms
78% 228/291
Colonialism
79% 240/305
Human Rights
97% 500/515
Economic Dev.
88% 183/208
Disarmament
87% 366/419
Overall
91% 3281/3589

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Spain Monaco Y / N / A
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes no 127 / 52 / 5
A/RES/65/203
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2010
yes no 127 / 52 / 5
A/RES/51/140
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1996
no non_voting 107 / 49 / 4
A/RES/48/46
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1993
no non_voting 111 / 43 / 3
A/RES/58/174
Human rights and terrorism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2003
abstain no 120 / 42 / 18
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
abstain no 120 / 42 / 18
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
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/48/168
Economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against develop…
1993
abstain non_voting 116 / 32 / 16
A/RES/72/58
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2017
no non_voting 131 / 31 / 18

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