Voting Comparison

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

vs
6401 shared votes
82%
agreement
5234 agreed · 1167 diverged
6401 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
China Yes No Abstain
Yes 4972 21 99
No 122 91 57
Abstain 408 13 118

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% 872/896
Nuclear/Arms
65% 379/579
Colonialism
92% 517/563
Human Rights
86% 667/773
Economic Dev.
82% 402/491
Disarmament
71% 554/779
Overall
82% 5234/6401

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution China Oman Y / N / A
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
abstain yes 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
abstain yes 109 / 56 / 10
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
abstain yes 109 / 55 / 15
A/RES/62/24
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2007
abstain yes 109 / 55 / 15
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
no yes 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/68/35
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2013
abstain yes 120 / 53 / 9
57/229
Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Pr…
2002
abstain yes 118 / 52 / 13
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
abstain yes 117 / 52 / 12
A/RES/61/85
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
abstain yes 118 / 52 / 13
A/RES/62/32
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
abstain yes 117 / 52 / 12
A/RES/66/28
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2011
abstain yes 118 / 52 / 6
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no yes 59 / 51 / 29

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