Voting Comparison

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

vs
6198 shared votes
92%
agreement
5678 agreed · 520 diverged
6198 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
Jordan Yes No Abstain
Yes 5437 20 123
No 1 46 2
Abstain 36 62 177

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% 880/896
Nuclear/Arms
97% 564/579
Colonialism
96% 540/563
Human Rights
89% 686/773
Economic Dev.
93% 459/491
Disarmament
93% 723/779
Overall
92% 5678/6198

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Jordan Oman Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no yes 94 / 71 / 23
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain yes 86 / 64 / 26
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes no 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes no 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/59/205
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2004
yes no 71 / 54 / 55
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2008
abstain no 69 / 54 / 57
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/62/168
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2007
non_voting no 73 / 53 / 55
A/RES/60/171
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2005
non_voting no 75 / 50 / 43
A/RES/61/176
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2006
non_voting no 72 / 50 / 55

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
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
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
yes 91 / 59 / 10