Voting Comparison

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

vs
3620 shared votes
95%
agreement
3446 agreed · 174 diverged
3620 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.

Germany
Slovakia Yes No Abstain
Yes 2152 48
No 2 657 8
Abstain 34 59 636

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
99% 470/476
Nuclear/Arms
96% 278/291
Colonialism
93% 285/305
Human Rights
93% 481/515
Economic Dev.
95% 199/209
Disarmament
96% 403/419
Overall
95% 3446/3620

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Slovakia Germany Y / N / A
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
A/RES/51/39
The role of science and technology in the context of international security and…
1996
no abstain 105 / 39 / 24
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/RES/60/76
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2005
no yes 126 / 29 / 24
A/RES/79/332
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organizatio…
2025
abstain no 120 / 27 / 28
A/RES/58/162
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2003
abstain no 125 / 26 / 29
A/RES/77/247
Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the O…
2022
abstain no 87 / 26 / 53
A/RES/78/42
Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the implementation of nuclear…
2023
no abstain 133 / 26 / 25
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain no 125 / 26 / 29
A/RES/49/202
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1994
non_voting yes 74 / 25 / 55

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