Voting Comparison

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

vs
6200 shared votes
95%
agreement
5883 agreed · 317 diverged
6200 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
Qatar Yes No Abstain
Yes 5574 5 29
No 3 74 13
Abstain 42 2 207

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% 568/579
Colonialism
98% 551/563
Human Rights
91% 702/773
Economic Dev.
93% 455/491
Disarmament
96% 745/779
Overall
95% 5883/6200

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Qatar Kuwait Y / N / A
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
abstain 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/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/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
yes no 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violatio…
1980
abstain non_voting 57 / 39 / 46
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : res…
1982
abstain non_voting 81 / 38 / 20
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
no non_voting 58 / 35 / 46
A/RES/2758(XXVI)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the Unite…
1971
abstain yes 76 / 35 / 17

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
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33