Voting Comparison

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

vs
6154 shared votes
90%
agreement
5534 agreed · 620 diverged
6154 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.

Oman
Sudan Yes No Abstain
Yes 5271 9 102
No 8 104 58
Abstain 85 14 138

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
96% 856/896
Nuclear/Arms
97% 561/579
Colonialism
94% 530/563
Human Rights
89% 686/773
Economic Dev.
88% 432/491
Disarmament
93% 721/779
Overall
90% 5534/6154

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Sudan Oman Y / N / A
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
no yes 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no yes 59 / 51 / 29
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/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2008
no abstain 106 / 46 / 34
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes no 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
no yes 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/77/65
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2022
abstain yes 120 / 42 / 20
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/58/194
Situation of human rights in Turkmenistan : resolution / adopted by the General…
2003
non_voting no 73 / 40 / 56
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : res…
1982
yes abstain 81 / 38 / 20
47/147
Situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia
1992
abstain yes 113 / 35 / 13

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
yes 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