Voting Comparison

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

vs
6379 shared votes
89%
agreement
5682 agreed · 697 diverged
6379 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
Sudan Yes No Abstain
Yes 5475 6 64
No 41 79 82
Abstain 133 1 118

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
97% 865/896
Nuclear/Arms
95% 551/579
Colonialism
95% 533/563
Human Rights
85% 655/773
Economic Dev.
87% 427/491
Disarmament
91% 705/779
Overall
89% 5682/6379

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Sudan 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/78/165
Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developm…
2023
non_voting yes 125 / 50 / 1
A/RES/77/74
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2022
abstain yes 119 / 49 / 13
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/2025(XX)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1965
no abstain 56 / 49 / 11
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1969
no non_voting 71 / 48 / 4
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/49/75K
Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) o…
1994
yes non_voting 78 / 43 / 38

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