Voting Comparison

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

vs
2437 shared votes
95%
agreement
2314 agreed · 123 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
Iceland Yes No Abstain
Yes 1485 30
No 4 402 12
Abstain 21 37 424

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
94% 208/222
Nuclear/Arms
85% 153/181
Colonialism
99% 162/164
Human Rights
94% 284/301
Economic Dev.
94% 137/146
Disarmament
90% 213/236
Overall
95% 2314/2437

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Iceland 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/78/230
Promotion of inclusive and effective international tax cooperation at the Unite…
2023
abstain no 111 / 46 / 10
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/71/223
Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Ag…
2016
abstain no 134 / 44 / 7
A/RES/70/52
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2015
no abstain 127 / 43 / 15
A/RES/79/330
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organizatio…
2025
abstain no 118 / 36 / 11
A/RES/80/49
Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Dis…
2025
abstain no 135 / 36 / 9
A/RES/77/57
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2022
abstain no 133 / 35 / 13
A/RES/78/33
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2023
abstain no 135 / 35 / 15
A/RES/79/32
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2024
abstain no 135 / 35 / 15

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