Voting Comparison

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

vs
2438 shared votes
93%
agreement
2278 agreed · 160 diverged
2438 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
Finland Yes No Abstain
Yes 1473 33
No 394 24
Abstain 42 45 410

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% 216/222
Nuclear/Arms
78% 142/181
Colonialism
96% 158/164
Human Rights
97% 292/301
Economic Dev.
91% 133/146
Disarmament
86% 203/236
Overall
93% 2278/2438

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Finland Montenegro Y / N / A
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/72/29
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2017
abstain no 118 / 44 / 17
A/RES/69/48
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2014
no abstain 121 / 44 / 17
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain no 118 / 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/74/36
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2019
abstain no 118 / 43 / 19
A/RES/70/52
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2015
no abstain 127 / 43 / 15
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

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