Voting Comparison

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

vs
6259 shared votes
93%
agreement
5800 agreed · 459 diverged
6259 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.

Bahrain
Egypt Yes No Abstain
Yes 5492 5 59
No 26 53 37
Abstain 209 7 238

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% 877/896
Nuclear/Arms
96% 557/580
Colonialism
96% 542/563
Human Rights
89% 690/773
Economic Dev.
93% 457/491
Disarmament
89% 691/779
Overall
93% 5800/6259

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Egypt Bahrain Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes abstain 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes abstain 79 / 60 / 33
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
no yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
no yes 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
non_voting abstain 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no abstain 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/64/176
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2010
no non_voting 74 / 49 / 59
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/49/75K
Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) o…
1994
yes abstain 78 / 43 / 38
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes abstain 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
no abstain 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
abstain yes 56 / 42 / 34

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
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
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33