Voting Comparison

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

vs
3880 shared votes
92%
agreement
3562 agreed · 318 diverged
3880 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.

Liechtenstein
Sweden Yes No Abstain
Yes 2424 72
No 27 477 82
Abstain 85 32 661

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
98% 546/557
Nuclear/Arms
85% 279/329
Colonialism
92% 322/349
Human Rights
93% 508/547
Economic Dev.
88% 202/229
Disarmament
90% 415/461
Overall
92% 3562/3880

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Sweden Liechtenstein Y / N / A
A/RES/62/145
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2007
no abstain 127 / 52 / 6
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no abstain 127 / 52 / 6
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no abstain 127 / 51 / 7
A/RES/61/151
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2006
no abstain 127 / 51 / 7
A/RES/61/78
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
abstain no 115 / 48 / 18
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
abstain no 115 / 48 / 18
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 117 / 47 / 17
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no abstain 129 / 46 / 13
A/RES/59/178
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2004
no abstain 129 / 46 / 13
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no abstain 105 / 46 / 6
A/RES/62/220
Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xeno…
2007
no abstain 105 / 46 / 6

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