Voting Comparison

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

vs
6419 shared votes
87%
agreement
5571 agreed · 848 diverged
6419 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.

Jordan
Maldives Yes No Abstain
Yes 5387 2 160
No 14 35 15
Abstain 99 12 118

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
97% 868/896
Nuclear/Arms
98% 566/579
Colonialism
97% 547/563
Human Rights
86% 665/773
Economic Dev.
91% 446/491
Disarmament
94% 734/779
Overall
87% 5571/6419

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Maldives Jordan Y / N / A
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes abstain 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes abstain 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/222
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2002
non_voting yes 122 / 55 / 1
A/RES/59/205
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2004
no yes 71 / 54 / 55
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2008
non_voting abstain 69 / 54 / 57
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
non_voting yes 56 / 54 / 24
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no abstain 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
no abstain 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/77/96
Promoting international cooperation on peaceful uses in the context of internat…
2022
abstain yes 94 / 53 / 28
A/RES/58/171
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2003
non_voting yes 125 / 53 / 0
A/RES/59/188
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2004
non_voting yes 132 / 53 / 0

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
no 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
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
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33