Voting Comparison

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

vs
2436 shared votes
96%
agreement
2329 agreed · 107 diverged
2436 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
Portugal Yes No Abstain
Yes 1476 16
No 422 19
Abstain 32 17 431

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% 214/222
Nuclear/Arms
86% 155/181
Colonialism
99% 162/164
Human Rights
97% 293/301
Economic Dev.
98% 143/146
Disarmament
90% 212/236
Overall
96% 2329/2436

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Portugal 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/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/70/52
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2015
no abstain 127 / 43 / 15
A/RES/76/23
No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2021
abstain no 130 / 35 / 20
A/RES/79/35
Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclea…
2024
abstain no 137 / 35 / 15
A/RES/75/37
No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2020
abstain no 132 / 34 / 21
32/95
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1977
abstain no 131 / 34 / 19
A/RES/71/189
Declaration on the Right to Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2016
abstain no 131 / 34 / 19
A/RES/74/301
New Partnership for Africa's Development : progress in implementation and inter…
2020
abstain no 132 / 31 / 16
A/RES/74/302
Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-…
2020
abstain no 130 / 31 / 18

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