Voting Comparison

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

vs
2436 shared votes
92%
agreement
2235 agreed · 201 diverged
2436 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.

Montenegro
Sweden Yes No Abstain
Yes 1483 28 55
No 368 28
Abstain 30 42 384

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
97% 216/222
Nuclear/Arms
71% 128/181
Colonialism
96% 158/164
Human Rights
95% 287/301
Economic Dev.
88% 129/146
Disarmament
85% 201/236
Overall
92% 2235/2436

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Sweden Montenegro Y / N / A
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/66/57
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2011
no non_voting 117 / 48 / 12
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
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/63/46
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
abstain no 117 / 45 / 19
A/RES/64/53
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2009
abstain no 111 / 45 / 19
A/RES/65/56
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 120 / 45 / 18
A/RES/66/51
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2011
abstain no 117 / 45 / 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
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/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
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
no 94 / 59 / 33