Voting Comparison

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

vs
6210 shared votes
95%
agreement
5909 agreed · 301 diverged
6210 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
Qatar Yes No Abstain
Yes 5592 56
No 6 63 24
Abstain 45 1 226

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% 881/896
Nuclear/Arms
98% 570/579
Colonialism
98% 552/563
Human Rights
91% 703/773
Economic Dev.
94% 462/491
Disarmament
97% 754/779
Overall
95% 5909/6210

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Qatar Bahrain Y / N / A
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes abstain 79 / 60 / 33
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
abstain 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/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/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2008
no abstain 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/49/75K
Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) o…
1994
non_voting abstain 78 / 43 / 38
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
yes abstain 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/65/206
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2010
no abstain 109 / 41 / 35
A/RES/71/187
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2016
no abstain 117 / 40 / 31
48/140
The situation in the Sudan
1993
no abstain 117 / 37 / 34

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2013
abstain 94 / 71 / 23
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