Voting Comparison
Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.
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.
|
Finland |
| Sweden |
Yes |
No |
Abstain |
| Yes |
4059
|
2
|
220
|
| No |
4
|
686
|
27
|
| Abstain |
172
|
63
|
1330
|
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.
Economic Dev.
95%
465/491
Most Divergent Votes
Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.
| Resolution |
Sweden |
Finland |
Y / N / A |
|
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
|
yes |
abstain |
59 /
51 /
29
|
|
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
|
abstain |
no |
115 /
48 /
18
|
|
A/RES/61/78
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
|
abstain |
no |
115 /
48 /
18
|
|
48/140
The situation in the Sudan
1993
|
abstain |
no |
117 /
47 /
17
|
|
A/RES/62/42
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
|
abstain |
no |
117 /
47 /
17
|
|
48/140
The situation in the Sudan
1993
|
abstain |
no |
112 /
45 /
20
|
|
40/230
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1985
|
abstain |
no |
113 /
45 /
20
|
|
32/97
Assistance to Botswana
1977
|
abstain |
no |
117 /
45 /
19
|
|
56/170
Protection of migrants
2001
|
abstain |
no |
111 /
45 /
19
|
|
32/128
Question of Brunei
1977
|
abstain |
no |
120 /
45 /
18
|
|
A/RES/58/56
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2003
|
abstain |
no |
112 /
45 /
20
|
|
A/RES/60/70
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2005
|
abstain |
no |
113 /
45 /
20
|
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
|
|
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
|
no |
86 /
64 /
26
|
|
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
|
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
|
