Voting Comparison

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

vs
6230 shared votes
95%
agreement
5935 agreed · 295 diverged
6230 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.

Bahrain
Kuwait Yes No Abstain
Yes 5637 2 78
No 7 60 14
Abstain 45 1 204

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
100% 894/896
Nuclear/Arms
99% 573/579
Colonialism
99% 559/563
Human Rights
91% 702/773
Economic Dev.
92% 454/491
Disarmament
95% 742/779
Overall
95% 5935/6230

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Kuwait Bahrain Y / N / A
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes abstain 79 / 60 / 33
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
abstain yes 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
no abstain 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no abstain 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/55/110
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2000
non_voting yes 117 / 49 / 6
A/RES/56/171
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2001
non_voting no 72 / 49 / 46
A/RES/64/176
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2010
no non_voting 74 / 49 / 59
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2008
no abstain 106 / 46 / 34
A/RES/53/141
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures: resolution / adopted by the Gene…
1998
non_voting yes 110 / 45 / 10
A/RES/49/75K
Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) o…
1994
non_voting abstain 78 / 43 / 38
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
no abstain 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/65/206
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2010
no abstain 109 / 41 / 35

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
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 91 / 59 / 10