Canada vs Gambia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Canada and Gambia 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
46.8%
of 3,408 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 66.2% | 71 |
| 1970 | 49.7% | 588 |
| 1980 | 42.6% | 1,131 |
| 1990 | 56.6% | 470 |
| 2000 | 48.2% | 519 |
| 2010 | 41.0% | 629 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 42.2% | 697 |
| Nuclear weapons | 44.1% | 542 |
| Disarmament | 52.5% | 648 |
| Colonialism | 41.2% | 485 |
| Human rights | 26.3% | 697 |
| Economic development | 49.7% | 435 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Canada | Gambia |
|---|---|---|---|
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/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
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 |
A/RES/72/11 Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/95 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 | 2016-12-06 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/20 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/21 Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-11-30 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Canada and Gambia vote together at the UN?
Canada and Gambia voted the same way in 46.8% of 3,408 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Canada and Gambia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Canada and Gambia mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 26.3% of 697 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Canada and Gambia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-07 Canada voted "no" and Gambia voted "yes" on 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).