Voting Comparison

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

vs
3618 shared votes
96%
agreement
3456 agreed · 162 diverged
3618 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.

Bulgaria
Slovakia Yes No Abstain
Yes 2143 2 37
No 3 634 27
Abstain 31 18 677

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% 465/476
Nuclear/Arms
92% 268/291
Colonialism
96% 294/305
Human Rights
97% 499/515
Economic Dev.
97% 203/209
Disarmament
95% 396/419
Overall
96% 3456/3618

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Slovakia Bulgaria Y / N / A
A/RES/67/45
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2012
no non_voting 123 / 48 / 15
A/RES/56/146
Equitable geographical distribution of the membership of the human rights instr…
2001
abstain no 113 / 47 / 5
32/95
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1977
abstain no 113 / 47 / 5
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
no yes 110 / 35 / 24
A/RES/48/123
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for …
1993
abstain no 115 / 34 / 21
A/59/516/Add.1
United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning
2005
yes no 84 / 34 / 37
A/RES/59/280
United Nations declaration on human cloning : resolution / adopted by the Gener…
2005
yes no 84 / 34 / 37
A/RES/72/251
Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Dis…
2017
no abstain 114 / 30 / 14
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no abstain 100 / 30 / 22
A/RES/50/96
Economic measures as a means of political and economic coersion against develop…
1995
no abstain 100 / 30 / 22
A/RES/71/71
Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Dis…
2016
no abstain 140 / 30 / 15
XL
Follow-up to the 2013 high-level meeting of the General Assembly on nuclear dis…
2016
no abstain 140 / 30 / 15

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