Voting Comparison

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

vs
2437 shared votes
95%
agreement
2310 agreed · 127 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
Spain Yes No Abstain
Yes 1473 2 24
No 2 429 35
Abstain 34 8 407

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
96% 213/222
Nuclear/Arms
86% 155/181
Colonialism
98% 161/164
Human Rights
98% 295/301
Economic Dev.
99% 144/146
Disarmament
89% 211/236
Overall
95% 2310/2437

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Spain Montenegro 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/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
A/RES/74/301
New Partnership for Africa's Development : progress in implementation and inter…
2020
abstain no 132 / 31 / 16
A/RES/74/302
Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-…
2020
abstain no 130 / 31 / 18
32/100
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
no abstain 127 / 30 / 23

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