Voting Comparison

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

vs
3716 shared votes
94%
agreement
3475 agreed · 241 diverged
3716 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.

Slovenia
Norway Yes No Abstain
Yes 2241 3 54
No 2 570 40
Abstain 43 57 659

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
95% 475/502
Nuclear/Arms
88% 265/301
Colonialism
91% 289/319
Human Rights
93% 491/526
Economic Dev.
93% 200/215
Disarmament
93% 402/431
Overall
94% 3475/3716

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Norway Slovenia Y / N / A
A/RES/60/260
Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide : resolu…
2006
abstain no 121 / 50 / 2
A/RES/72/216
Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Ag…
2017
abstain no 131 / 48 / 4
A/RES/74/267
Enlargement of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions…
2020
yes no 120 / 48 / 4
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain no 126 / 48 / 7
A/RES/62/184
International trade and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2007
abstain no 126 / 48 / 7
A/RES/73/227
Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Ag…
2018
abstain no 135 / 47 / 3
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain no 122 / 47 / 8
A/RES/64/188
International trade and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2009
abstain no 122 / 47 / 8
A/RES/78/230
Promotion of inclusive and effective international tax cooperation at the Unite…
2023
abstain no 111 / 46 / 10
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain no 105 / 46 / 6
A/RES/62/220
Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xeno…
2007
abstain no 105 / 46 / 6
A/RES/49/75K
Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) o…
1994
abstain no 78 / 43 / 38

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