Voting Comparison

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

vs
3820 shared votes
92%
agreement
3521 agreed · 299 diverged
3820 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.

Estonia
Finland Yes No Abstain
Yes 2246 16 90
No 581 35
Abstain 16 90 690

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% 510/530
Nuclear/Arms
80% 250/312
Colonialism
92% 306/334
Human Rights
95% 508/537
Economic Dev.
86% 192/223
Disarmament
88% 393/445
Overall
92% 3521/3820

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Finland Estonia Y / N / A
A/RES/72/29
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2017
abstain no 118 / 44 / 17
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain no 118 / 44 / 17
A/RES/74/36
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2019
abstain no 118 / 43 / 19
A/RES/75/40
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2020
abstain no 130 / 42 / 14
A/RES/76/34
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2021
abstain no 128 / 42 / 16
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
abstain no 128 / 42 / 16
A/RES/73/48
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2018
abstain no 126 / 41 / 16
A/RES/74/41
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2019
abstain no 123 / 41 / 16
40/230
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1985
abstain no 126 / 41 / 16
A/RES/72/31
Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / ado…
2017
abstain no 125 / 39 / 14
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
abstain no 125 / 39 / 14
A/RES/49/186
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for …
1994
no abstain 110 / 35 / 24

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