Voting Comparison

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

vs
6283 shared votes
93%
agreement
5813 agreed · 470 diverged
6283 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.

Qatar
Indonesia Yes No Abstain
Yes 5582 3 93
No 16 69 36
Abstain 139 22 156

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% 881/896
Nuclear/Arms
93% 541/579
Colonialism
98% 551/563
Human Rights
89% 690/773
Economic Dev.
93% 456/491
Disarmament
92% 718/779
Overall
93% 5813/6283

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Indonesia Qatar 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
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/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes abstain 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/60/70
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2005
non_voting yes 113 / 45 / 20
A/RES/49/75K
Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) o…
1994
yes non_voting 78 / 43 / 38
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/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
A/RES/75/183
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2020
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
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
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33