Voting Comparison

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

vs
6662 shared votes
42%
agreement
2788 agreed · 3874 diverged
6662 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.

Israel
Sweden Yes No Abstain
Yes 1645 1509 878
No 26 632 60
Abstain 192 843 491

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
7% 60/896
Nuclear/Arms
40% 232/579
Colonialism
24% 135/563
Human Rights
47% 360/773
Economic Dev.
43% 212/491
Disarmament
47% 367/779
Overall
42% 2788/6662

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Sweden Israel Y / N / A
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
abstain yes 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/79/160
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2024
no yes 119 / 53 / 10
A/RES/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1970
no yes 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/80/192
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2025
no yes 119 / 51 / 10
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes no 124 / 50 / 13
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no yes 120 / 50 / 10
A/RES/77/204
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2022
no yes 120 / 50 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no yes 118 / 49 / 14
A/RES/78/190
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2023
no yes 118 / 49 / 14
A/RES/2025(XX)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1965
no yes 56 / 49 / 11
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

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