Voting Comparison

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

vs
3823 shared votes
95%
agreement
3645 agreed · 178 diverged
3823 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
Portugal Yes No Abstain
Yes 2356 50
No 608 21
Abstain 35 23 681

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
97% 485/502
Nuclear/Arms
93% 280/301
Colonialism
91% 291/319
Human Rights
97% 509/526
Economic Dev.
98% 210/215
Disarmament
97% 417/431
Overall
95% 3645/3823

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Portugal Slovenia Y / N / A
A/RES/52/169F
Emergency assistance to the Sudan
1997
no abstain 95 / 38 / 13
A/RES/50/11
Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995
yes abstain 97 / 36 / 29
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
no abstain 110 / 35 / 24
A/RES/49/186
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for …
1994
no abstain 110 / 35 / 24
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/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

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