Voting Comparison

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

vs
6350 shared votes
90%
agreement
5720 agreed · 630 diverged
6350 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
Yemen Yes No Abstain
Yes 5450 2 57
No 3 60 6
Abstain 118 10 170

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% 867/896
Nuclear/Arms
97% 559/579
Colonialism
95% 535/563
Human Rights
83% 645/773
Economic Dev.
88% 432/491
Disarmament
94% 731/779
Overall
90% 5720/6350

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Yemen 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
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
non_voting no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2000
non_voting no 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1995
no yes 93 / 51 / 3
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/55/110
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2000
yes non_voting 117 / 49 / 6
A/RES/2025(XX)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1965
no abstain 56 / 49 / 11
A/RES/64/176
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2010
non_voting no 74 / 49 / 59
A/RES/74/267
Enlargement of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions…
2020
non_voting yes 120 / 48 / 4
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/66/257
Progress towards an accountability system in the United Nations Secretariat : r…
2012
non_voting yes 98 / 48 / 4
A/RES/54/177
Human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted b…
1999
non_voting no 61 / 47 / 51

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/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
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
yes 94 / 59 / 33