Voting Comparison

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

vs
3623 shared votes
95%
agreement
3436 agreed · 187 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
Netherlands Yes No Abstain
Yes 2151 50
No 6 651 49
Abstain 38 16 632

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
99% 470/476
Nuclear/Arms
96% 279/291
Colonialism
93% 285/305
Human Rights
95% 487/515
Economic Dev.
95% 198/209
Disarmament
97% 408/419
Overall
95% 3436/3623

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Netherlands 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/50/11
Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995
abstain yes 97 / 36 / 29
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/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
47/147
Situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia
1992
abstain no 113 / 35 / 13
A/RES/71/258
Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / ado…
2016
abstain no 113 / 35 / 13
A/RES/78/27
Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Dis…
2023
abstain no 140 / 35 / 10
A/RES/80/33
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2025
abstain no 127 / 35 / 16
A/RES/48/123
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for …
1993
no abstain 115 / 34 / 21

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