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