Voting Comparison

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

vs
3984 shared votes
43%
agreement
1710 agreed · 2274 diverged
3984 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.

United States of America
Slovenia Yes No Abstain
Yes 997 1250 319
No 1 616 1
Abstain 13 650 92

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
3% 15/502
Nuclear/Arms
59% 177/301
Colonialism
17% 55/319
Human Rights
44% 234/526
Economic Dev.
29% 62/215
Disarmament
50% 217/431
Overall
43% 1710/3984

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Slovenia United States of America Y / N / A
37//6/
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections
1982
no abstain 131 / 54 / 0
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
yes no 104 / 54 / 29
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes no 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2008
yes no 106 / 46 / 34
A/RES/67/176
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2012
yes no 111 / 41 / 34
40/229
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for …
1985
yes no 111 / 41 / 34
A/RES/65/206
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2010
yes no 109 / 41 / 35
A/RES/71/187
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2016
yes no 117 / 40 / 31
A/RES/47/116D
Policies of apartheid of the government of South Africa : oil embargo against S…
1993
abstain no 93 / 39 / 23
A/RES/52/169F
Emergency assistance to the Sudan
1997
abstain no 95 / 38 / 13
A/RES/75/183
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2020
yes no 123 / 38 / 24

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