check original data and codebook from:
https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=hdl:1902.1/12379
Data range: 1991-2021
'date' 'year' 'rcid' 'resid' 'session'
'ccode' 'Country' 'Countryname' 'CountrynameCOW' 'vote'
'unres' 'yes' 'no' 'abstain' 'amend' 'para' 'importantvote'
'me' 'nu' 'di' 'hr' 'co' 'ec'
date - date of vote
year - year of vote, derived from date, NOT using original dataset year column
rcid - roll call vote id (RCID)
resid - new roll call vote id, number is sequential within sessions (session + 3 digit sequential numve)
session - UN Session (1-73)
Note that sessions typically run from September-December but there are typically some votes that take place in the following year
ccode - COW country code
Country - three letter abbreviation of country names, provided by COW, NOT using original dataset Country column
Countryname - country names in the original dataset, not unique for each country
CountrynameCOW - country names provided by COW, unique for each country
vote - vote choice of each country at each vote
1 – Yes
2 – Abstain
3 – No
8 – Absent
9 – Not a member
unres - UN Resolution number
yes, no, and abstain - total number of Yes, No, and Abstain in each vote (vote result)
amend - whether the vote was on an amendment
para - whether the vote was on a paragraph rather than an entire resolution
importantvote - vote identified as important by U.S. State Department report Voting Practices in the United Nations
NOTE: not available for all years
These are based on searches in descriptions. They have been subjected to a rudimentary visual check but they may not be 100% accurate
me: Votes relating to the Palestinian conflict
nu: Votes relating to nuclear weapons and nuclear material
di: Votes relating to arms control and disarmament
hr: Votes relating to human rights
co: Votes relating to colonialism
ec: Votes relating to (economic) development