Voting Comparison

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

vs
3569 shared votes
40%
agreement
1444 agreed · 2125 diverged
3569 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.

Cameroon
Slovakia Yes No Abstain
Yes 1290 1 727
No 602 19
Abstain 536 1 150

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
41% 195/476
Nuclear/Arms
33% 96/291
Colonialism
49% 149/305
Human Rights
26% 133/515
Economic Dev.
53% 110/209
Disarmament
49% 206/419
Overall
40% 1444/3569

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Slovakia Cameroon Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
no non_voting 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes abstain 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no abstain 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no yes 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no yes 96 / 58 / 12

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/50/11
Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995
yes 97 / 36 / 29
A/RES/67/202
Entrepreneurship for development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2012
yes 141 / 31 / 11
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 141 / 31 / 11
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 133 / 30 / 7
A/RES/69/210
Entrepreneurship for development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2014
yes 133 / 30 / 7
A/RES/79/201
Entrepreneurship for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2024
yes 146 / 30 / 7
A/RES/77/160
Entrepreneurship for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2022
yes 145 / 27 / 4
32/95
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1977
yes 145 / 27 / 4