Voting Comparison

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

vs
6304 shared votes
92%
agreement
5822 agreed · 482 diverged
6304 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
Indonesia Yes No Abstain
Yes 5571 10 117
No 2 79 36
Abstain 96 38 162

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
99% 885/896
Nuclear/Arms
94% 543/579
Colonialism
97% 547/563
Human Rights
89% 687/773
Economic Dev.
93% 457/491
Disarmament
92% 714/779
Overall
92% 5822/6304

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Indonesia Oman Y / N / A
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
abstain no 137 / 54 / 0
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
abstain no 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
abstain no 135 / 53 / 1
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/60/70
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2005
non_voting yes 113 / 45 / 20
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
abstain no 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
abstain yes 61 / 43 / 31
40/229
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for …
1985
abstain no 111 / 41 / 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/67/176
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2012
abstain no 111 / 41 / 34
A/RES/71/187
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2016
abstain no 117 / 40 / 31
32/100
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
abstain no 123 / 38 / 24

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