Voting Comparison

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

vs
6198 shared votes
92%
agreement
5678 agreed · 520 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.

Jordan
Oman Yes No Abstain
Yes 5437 1 36
No 20 46 62
Abstain 123 2 177

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
98% 880/896
Nuclear/Arms
97% 564/579
Colonialism
96% 540/563
Human Rights
89% 686/773
Economic Dev.
93% 459/491
Disarmament
93% 723/779
Overall
92% 5678/6198

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Oman 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
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/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
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/62/168
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2007
no non_voting 73 / 53 / 55
A/RES/60/171
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2005
no non_voting 75 / 50 / 43
A/RES/61/176
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2006
no non_voting 72 / 50 / 55

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
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
yes 91 / 59 / 10