Voting Comparison

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

vs
6429 shared votes
88%
agreement
5651 agreed · 778 diverged
6429 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
Mauritania Yes No Abstain
Yes 5416 8 108
No 23 23 14
Abstain 116 11 177

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
93% 834/896
Nuclear/Arms
91% 529/579
Colonialism
92% 520/563
Human Rights
86% 666/773
Economic Dev.
89% 438/491
Disarmament
87% 676/779
Overall
88% 5651/6429

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Mauritania Jordan Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes no 94 / 71 / 23
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/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
non_voting yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain yes 128 / 55 / 8
A/RES/68/152
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2013
abstain yes 128 / 55 / 8
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
abstain yes 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2000
non_voting no 67 / 54 / 46
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
no abstain 69 / 54 / 57
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
no yes 56 / 54 / 24
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no yes 101 / 53 / 20

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
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 96 / 58 / 12