Voting Comparison

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

vs
6199 shared votes
92%
agreement
5731 agreed · 468 diverged
6199 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
Egypt Yes No Abstain
Yes 5380 8 58
No 12 92 6
Abstain 142 31 246

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% 868/896
Nuclear/Arms
96% 557/579
Colonialism
96% 538/563
Human Rights
92% 710/773
Economic Dev.
93% 455/491
Disarmament
90% 701/779
Overall
92% 5731/6199

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Egypt Oman Y / N / A
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
non_voting yes 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no yes 59 / 51 / 29
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
no abstain 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/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes no 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
no yes 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
abstain yes 56 / 42 / 34
A/RES/53/158
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1998
abstain no 64 / 41 / 56
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/47/116D
Policies of apartheid of the government of South Africa : oil embargo against S…
1993
non_voting yes 93 / 39 / 23
A/4l/L.43
The auestion of Palestine
1986
abstain yes 66 / 38 / 41

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