Voting Comparison

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

vs
6167 shared votes
94%
agreement
5822 agreed · 345 diverged
6167 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.

United Arab Emirates
Qatar Yes No Abstain
Yes 5534 1 58
No 1 39 49
Abstain 50 2 215

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% 875/896
Nuclear/Arms
98% 567/579
Colonialism
98% 552/563
Human Rights
90% 698/773
Economic Dev.
95% 464/491
Disarmament
96% 747/779
Overall
94% 5822/6167

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Qatar United Arab Emirates Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain yes 94 / 71 / 23
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
no abstain 67 / 54 / 46
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
no abstain 68 / 54 / 51
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
no abstain 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/58/195
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2003
no abstain 68 / 54 / 51
A/RES/59/205
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2004
no abstain 71 / 54 / 55
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
no abstain 104 / 54 / 29
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
yes abstain 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

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