Voting Comparison

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

vs
6212 shared votes
91%
agreement
5669 agreed · 543 diverged
6212 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
Morocco Yes No Abstain
Yes 5461 5 111
No 26 35 16
Abstain 113 20 155

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
99% 890/896
Nuclear/Arms
95% 548/579
Colonialism
92% 519/563
Human Rights
88% 679/773
Economic Dev.
88% 432/491
Disarmament
89% 695/779
Overall
91% 5669/6212

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Morocco Bahrain Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes abstain 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
abstain no 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
yes abstain 56 / 54 / 24
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/76/234
Promoting international cooperation on peaceful uses in the context of internat…
2021
abstain yes 78 / 53 / 32
A/RES/68/35
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2013
abstain yes 120 / 53 / 9
37//6/
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections
1982
abstain yes 109 / 52 / 7
A/RES/55/101
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United …
2000
non_voting yes 104 / 52 / 15
A/RES/55/107
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2000
abstain yes 109 / 52 / 7
A/RES/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1995
non_voting yes 93 / 51 / 3
A/RES/79/293
International Day against Unilateral Coercive Measures : resolution / adopted b…
2025
non_voting yes 116 / 51 / 6

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
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
abstain 79 / 60 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 91 / 59 / 10