Voting Comparison

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

vs
6193 shared votes
93%
agreement
5789 agreed · 404 diverged
6193 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
Tunisia Yes No Abstain
Yes 5580 17 134
No 3 35 6
Abstain 71 11 166

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
100% 894/896
Nuclear/Arms
98% 566/579
Colonialism
97% 545/563
Human Rights
89% 686/773
Economic Dev.
96% 469/491
Disarmament
94% 729/779
Overall
93% 5789/6193

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Tunisia Bahrain 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
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
non_voting yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
non_voting no 104 / 54 / 29
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes no 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/76/234
Promoting international cooperation on peaceful uses in the context of internat…
2021
abstain yes 78 / 53 / 32
A/RES/78/237
Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context …
2023
non_voting yes 104 / 53 / 7
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain yes 127 / 52 / 6
A/RES/62/145
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2007
abstain yes 127 / 52 / 6
A/RES/73/268B
Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of…
2019
non_voting yes 101 / 49 / 0
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

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
abstain 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
yes 91 / 59 / 10