Voting Comparison

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

vs
4803 shared votes
93%
agreement
4485 agreed · 318 diverged
4803 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.

Oman
Brunei Darussalam Yes No Abstain
Yes 4254 1 106
No 1 88 4
Abstain 46 28 141

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% 721/733
Nuclear/Arms
97% 441/453
Colonialism
98% 427/436
Human Rights
90% 585/650
Economic Dev.
91% 314/345
Disarmament
90% 579/641
Overall
93% 4485/4803

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Brunei Darussalam Oman Y / N / A
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2008
abstain no 69 / 54 / 57
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
abstain no 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
abstain no 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/62/168
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2007
abstain no 73 / 53 / 55
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2008
no abstain 106 / 46 / 34
A/RES/65/206
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2010
no abstain 109 / 41 / 35
A/RES/56/175
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2001
abstain no 79 / 37 / 48
A/RES/50/11
Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995
no yes 97 / 36 / 29
A/59/516/Add.1
United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning
2005
yes abstain 84 / 34 / 37
A/RES/59/280
United Nations declaration on human cloning : resolution / adopted by the Gener…
2005
yes abstain 84 / 34 / 37
A/RES/62/169
Situation of human rights in Belarus : resolution / adopted by the General Asse…
2007
abstain no 72 / 33 / 78
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain no 85 / 32 / 49

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
yes 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
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33