Voting Comparison

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

vs
6210 shared votes
95%
agreement
5909 agreed · 301 diverged
6210 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.

Qatar
Bahrain Yes No Abstain
Yes 5592 6 45
No 63 1
Abstain 56 24 226

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% 881/896
Nuclear/Arms
98% 570/579
Colonialism
98% 552/563
Human Rights
91% 703/773
Economic Dev.
94% 462/491
Disarmament
97% 754/779
Overall
95% 5909/6210

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Bahrain Qatar Y / N / A
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
abstain yes 79 / 60 / 33
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes abstain 137 / 54 / 0
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/64/176
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2010
non_voting no 74 / 49 / 59
A/RES/52/120
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1997
non_voting yes 91 / 46 / 26
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2008
abstain no 106 / 46 / 34
A/RES/51/103
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1996
non_voting yes 57 / 45 / 59
A/RES/49/75K
Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) o…
1994
abstain non_voting 78 / 43 / 38
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
abstain yes 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/65/206
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2010
abstain no 109 / 41 / 35
A/RES/71/187
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2016
abstain no 117 / 40 / 31
48/140
The situation in the Sudan
1993
abstain no 117 / 37 / 34

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
abstain 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 80 / 61 / 42
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33