Voting Comparison

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

vs
6198 shared votes
94%
agreement
5805 agreed · 393 diverged
6198 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
Oman Yes No Abstain
Yes 5510 3 41
No 24 59 46
Abstain 96 4 201

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% 885/896
Nuclear/Arms
98% 566/579
Colonialism
97% 548/563
Human Rights
87% 672/773
Economic Dev.
93% 459/491
Disarmament
93% 727/779
Overall
94% 5805/6198

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Oman 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/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes abstain 79 / 60 / 33
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
no yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
no yes 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
yes abstain 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes abstain 59 / 51 / 29
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/52/120
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1997
yes non_voting 91 / 46 / 26
A/RES/51/103
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1996
yes non_voting 57 / 45 / 59
A/RES/49/75K
Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) o…
1994
yes abstain 78 / 43 / 38
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no abstain 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
yes abstain 61 / 43 / 31

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
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