Canada vs China: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Canada and China vote the same way at the UN General Assembly? Agreement over every shared roll-call vote since 1946, by year, decade, and topic — plus the resolutions where they split.
Overall agreement
43.9%
of 4,515 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 40.3% | 642 |
| 1980 | 43.1% | 1,304 |
| 1990 | 50.1% | 751 |
| 2000 | 49.8% | 911 |
| 2010 | 36.3% | 906 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 44.1% | 966 |
| Nuclear weapons | 42.1% | 710 |
| Disarmament | 46.7% | 896 |
| Colonialism | 43.6% | 658 |
| Human rights | 17.6% | 879 |
| Economic development | 43.6% | 573 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Canada | China |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/248 Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-24 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/191 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/189 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/84 Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-07 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/43 Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/50 United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/15 Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/14 Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/13 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/12 Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Canada and China vote together at the UN?
Canada and China voted the same way in 43.9% of 4,515 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Canada and China agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Canada and China mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 17.6% of 879 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Canada and China last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-24 Canada voted "yes" and China voted "no" on A/RES/72/248 (Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).