Voting Comparison

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

vs
6216 shared votes
92%
agreement
5741 agreed · 475 diverged
6216 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
Jordan Yes No Abstain
Yes 5499 15 92
No 2 43 3
Abstain 83 34 178

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% 878/896
Nuclear/Arms
98% 568/579
Colonialism
97% 544/563
Human Rights
89% 685/773
Economic Dev.
91% 447/491
Disarmament
95% 742/779
Overall
92% 5741/6216

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Jordan Qatar Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no abstain 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
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes abstain 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/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes abstain 59 / 51 / 29
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