Voting Comparison

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

vs
2435 shared votes
86%
agreement
2096 agreed · 339 diverged
2435 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
Republic of Korea Yes No Abstain
Yes 1339 2 44
No 357 19
Abstain 155 77 400

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
67% 122/181
Colonialism
96% 158/164
Human Rights
91% 274/301
Economic Dev.
84% 123/146
Disarmament
77% 181/236
Overall
86% 2096/2435

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Republic of Korea Montenegro Y / N / A
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
abstain yes 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2008
abstain yes 69 / 54 / 57
A/RES/62/168
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2007
abstain yes 73 / 53 / 55
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
abstain yes 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
abstain yes 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/61/97
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2006
abstain no 119 / 52 / 10
A/RES/61/85
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
abstain no 118 / 52 / 13
57/229
Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Pr…
2002
abstain no 118 / 52 / 13
A/RES/62/32
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
abstain no 117 / 52 / 12
A/RES/62/51
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2007
abstain no 120 / 52 / 10
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
abstain no 119 / 52 / 10
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
abstain no 117 / 52 / 12

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