Voting Comparison

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

vs
6184 shared votes
93%
agreement
5721 agreed · 463 diverged
6184 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.

Kuwait
Oman Yes No Abstain
Yes 5465 6 29
No 7 71 45
Abstain 114 5 162

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% 565/579
Colonialism
97% 545/563
Human Rights
85% 655/773
Economic Dev.
92% 453/491
Disarmament
93% 724/779
Overall
93% 5721/6184

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Oman Kuwait 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
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
no abstain 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
yes no 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/55/110
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2000
yes non_voting 117 / 49 / 6
A/RES/56/171
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2001
no non_voting 72 / 49 / 46
A/RES/52/120
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1997
yes non_voting 91 / 46 / 26
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2008
abstain no 106 / 46 / 34
A/RES/51/103
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1996
yes non_voting 57 / 45 / 59
A/RES/53/141
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures: resolution / adopted by the Gene…
1998
yes non_voting 110 / 45 / 10
A/RES/49/75K
Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) o…
1994
yes non_voting 78 / 43 / 38
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no abstain 54 / 43 / 42

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
yes 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33