Voting Comparison

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

vs
3623 shared votes
93%
agreement
3377 agreed · 246 diverged
3623 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.

Slovakia
Iceland Yes No Abstain
Yes 2169 1 82
No 2 582 27
Abstain 26 84 622

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% 456/476
Nuclear/Arms
90% 262/291
Colonialism
94% 287/305
Human Rights
93% 480/515
Economic Dev.
96% 200/209
Disarmament
95% 396/419
Overall
93% 3377/3623

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Iceland Slovakia Y / N / A
A/RES/56/146
Equitable geographical distribution of the membership of the human rights instr…
2001
no abstain 113 / 47 / 5
32/95
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1977
no abstain 113 / 47 / 5
A/RES/78/230
Promotion of inclusive and effective international tax cooperation at the Unite…
2023
abstain no 111 / 46 / 10
A/RES/71/223
Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Ag…
2016
abstain no 134 / 44 / 7
A/RES/50/11
Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995
abstain yes 97 / 36 / 29
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
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes no 110 / 35 / 24
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
A/RES/79/47
Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Dis…
2024
abstain no 142 / 35 / 9

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