Voting Comparison

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

vs
3624 shared votes
95%
agreement
3441 agreed · 183 diverged
3624 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
Portugal Yes No Abstain
Yes 2183 1 68
No 608 14
Abstain 12 59 650

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
98% 467/476
Nuclear/Arms
93% 272/291
Colonialism
93% 283/305
Human Rights
94% 484/515
Economic Dev.
94% 196/209
Disarmament
96% 404/419
Overall
95% 3441/3624

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Portugal 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/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/48/123
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for …
1993
no abstain 115 / 34 / 21
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
A/RES/72/251
Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Dis…
2017
abstain no 114 / 30 / 14
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain no 100 / 30 / 22

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