Voting Comparison

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

vs
3693 shared votes
32%
agreement
1178 agreed · 2515 diverged
3693 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.

Marshall Islands
Islamic Republic of Iran Yes No Abstain
Yes 1131 1001 609
No 236 1 4
Abstain 221 4 12

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
15% 81/530
Nuclear/Arms
40% 126/312
Colonialism
37% 124/334
Human Rights
13% 70/537
Economic Dev.
40% 89/223
Disarmament
42% 189/445
Overall
32% 1178/3693

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Islamic Republic of Iran Marshall Islands Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes no 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 128 / 55 / 2
A/RES/63/167
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies :…
2008
yes 128 / 55 / 2
A/RES/64/173
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights tr…
2010
yes 131 / 53 / 2
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 131 / 53 / 2
A/RES/68/35
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 2010 Review …
2013
yes 120 / 53 / 9
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 128 / 52 / 4
A/RES/59/181
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies :…
2004
yes 128 / 52 / 4
A/RES/66/28
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 2010 Review …
2011
yes 118 / 52 / 6