Voting Comparison

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

vs
6181 shared votes
86%
agreement
5334 agreed · 847 diverged
6181 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
Islamic Republic of Iran Yes No Abstain
Yes 5119 5 45
No 103 80 80
Abstain 212 1 116

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
90% 810/896
Nuclear/Arms
92% 533/579
Colonialism
93% 524/563
Human Rights
85% 655/773
Economic Dev.
88% 430/491
Disarmament
86% 670/779
Overall
86% 5334/6181

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Islamic Republic of Iran Qatar Y / N / A
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
no abstain 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/79/160
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2024
non_voting yes 119 / 53 / 10
A/RES/80/192
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2025
non_voting yes 119 / 51 / 10
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes abstain 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/77/204
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2022
non_voting yes 120 / 50 / 10
A/RES/78/190
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2023
non_voting yes 118 / 49 / 14
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
non_voting no 50 / 46 / 50
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/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
yes no 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : res…
1982
no abstain 81 / 38 / 20
A/RES/70/173
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2015
no abstain 81 / 37 / 67
A/RES/50/11
Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995
abstain yes 97 / 36 / 29

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
abstain 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