UN Votes

Canada

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5,694

GA votes

3,029 yes · 1,129 no · 1,514 abstain

290

SC votes

271 yes · 0 no · 6 abstain

P5 alignment

How often Canada voted the same way as each permanent Security Council member, of the resolutions both cast a yes/no/abstain vote on.

Permanent memberGA onlyGA + SC
United States of America52.7%54.9%
France70.4%71.7%
Russian Federation47.5%49.3%
United Kingdom72.4%73.5%
China45.6%47.8%
USA — 18.3%FRA — 24.4%RUS — 16.4%GBR — 25.1%CHN — 15.8%

The pie chart is based on the “GA only” column, showing each member’s share of the combined total across all shown members (it does not sum those percentages to 100% on its own) — see the table for the actual agreement rate with each. The “GA + SC” column blends in Security Council votes, which are adopted almost unanimously and so tend to pull every country’s number up.

P5 alignment over time

Same GA-only metric, by year. A member’s line starts wherever it first has enough shared votes in a year to be meaningful (at least 5) — for Russia, that’s never before 1991, since the USSR voted under a separate historical record.

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USAFRARUSGBRCHN

A/RES/36/100

Declaration on the Prevention of Nuclear Catastrophe : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GANo

A/RES/36/98

Israeli nuclear armament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/92E

Nuclear weapons in all their aspects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GANo

A/RES/36/102

Implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/97J

Review of the membership of the Committee on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/96A

Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/86A

Nuclear capability of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/84

Cessation of all test explosions of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/97G

Prohibition of the production of fissionable material for weapons use : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/92I

Non-use of nuclear weapons and prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GANo

A/RES/36/73

Living conditions of the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/68

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-01

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/69

Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-01

GAYes

A/RES/36/66A

Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-11-30

GAYes

A/RES/36/66B

Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-11-30

GAYes

A/RES/36/56A

Human rights and scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-11-25

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/50

Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-11-24

GANo

A/RES/36/52

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-11-24

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/51

Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Namibia and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-11-24

GANo

A/RES/36/49

Information from non-self-governing territories transmitted under article 73e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-11-24

GAYes

A/RES/36/46

Question of Western Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-11-24

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/39

Enlargement of the International Law Commission : amendments to articles 2 and 9 of the Statute of the Commission : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-11-18

GANo

A/RES/36/34

The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-11-18

GAYes

A/RES/36/29

Efforts and measures for securing the implementation and the enjoyment by youth of human rights, particularly the right to education and to work : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-11-13

GAYes

A/RES/36/31

Report of the Special Committee on Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Principle of Non-Use of Force in International Relations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-11-13

GANo

A/RES/36/27

Armed Israeli aggression against the Iraqi nuclear installations and its grave consequences for the established international system concerning the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and international peace and security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-11-13

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/25

Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-11-11

GAYes

A/RES/36/19

National experience in achieving far-reaching social and economic changes for the purpose of social progress : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-11-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/21

Crime prevention and criminal justice and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-11-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/18

National experience in promoting the co-operative movement : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-11-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/8

Implementation of the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-10-28

GANo

A/RES/36/15

Recent developments in connexion with excavations in eastern Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-10-28

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/12

Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-10-28

GAYes

A/RES/36/13

Status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-10-28

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/7

Historical responsibility of States for the preservation of nature for present and future generations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-10-27

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/5

The situation in Kampuchea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-10-21

GAYes

A/RES/36/3

Admission of Belize to membership in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-09-25

GAYes

A/RES/ES-8/2

Question of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-09-14

GAAbstain

A/RES/ES-8/1A

Credentials of representatives to the 8th emergency special session of the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-09-04

GANo

A/RES/35/227I

Question of Namibian uranium : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-03-03

GAAbstain