Canada vs Iran: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Canada and Iran 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
44.9%
of 5,893 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 42.4% | 245 |
| 1950 | 55.6% | 403 |
| 1960 | 54.5% | 497 |
| 1970 | 54.9% | 947 |
| 1980 | 40.0% | 1,302 |
| 1990 | 50.9% | 750 |
| 2000 | 44.1% | 877 |
| 2010 | 27.2% | 871 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 42.1% | 999 |
| Nuclear weapons | 43.7% | 839 |
| Disarmament | 43.9% | 1,063 |
| Colonialism | 40.0% | 940 |
| Human rights | 25.6% | 972 |
| Economic development | 47.2% | 725 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Canada | Iran |
|---|---|---|---|
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/72/31 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 |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Canada and Iran vote together at the UN?
Canada and Iran voted the same way in 44.9% of 5,893 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Canada and Iran agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Canada and Iran mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 25.6% of 972 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Canada and Iran last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-19 Canada voted "yes" and Iran voted "no" on A/RES/72/191 (Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).