Canada vs Malaysia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Canada and Malaysia 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
49.0%
of 5,605 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 59.5% | 121 |
| 1960 | 53.2% | 498 |
| 1970 | 51.6% | 975 |
| 1980 | 42.7% | 1,390 |
| 1990 | 56.2% | 780 |
| 2000 | 52.4% | 927 |
| 2010 | 42.4% | 913 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 43.9% | 1,018 |
| Nuclear weapons | 48.2% | 847 |
| Disarmament | 54.9% | 1,070 |
| Colonialism | 43.7% | 853 |
| Human rights | 23.2% | 966 |
| Economic development | 49.2% | 719 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Canada | Malaysia |
|---|---|---|---|
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/71/63 Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/75 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Canada and Malaysia vote together at the UN?
Canada and Malaysia voted the same way in 49.0% of 5,605 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Canada and Malaysia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Canada and Malaysia mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 23.2% of 966 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Canada and Malaysia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-07 Canada voted "no" and Malaysia 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).