Voting Comparison

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

vs
3715 shared votes
94%
agreement
3502 agreed · 213 diverged
3715 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
Spain Yes No Abstain
Yes 2235 2 72
No 2 613 30
Abstain 49 16 651

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% 476/502
Nuclear/Arms
93% 279/301
Colonialism
92% 295/319
Human Rights
97% 510/526
Economic Dev.
98% 210/215
Disarmament
96% 414/431
Overall
94% 3502/3715

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Spain Slovenia 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/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/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
no 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

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