Canada vs Saudi Arabia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Canada and Saudi Arabia 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
43.0%
of 5,870 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 34.9% | 235 |
| 1950 | 32.9% | 404 |
| 1960 | 32.4% | 447 |
| 1970 | 45.3% | 856 |
| 1980 | 43.0% | 1,373 |
| 1990 | 55.8% | 753 |
| 2000 | 47.0% | 889 |
| 2010 | 37.9% | 912 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 42.5% | 1,054 |
| Nuclear weapons | 45.7% | 823 |
| Disarmament | 48.1% | 1,033 |
| Colonialism | 39.0% | 925 |
| Human rights | 25.2% | 993 |
| Economic development | 45.2% | 713 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Canada | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|---|
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 Saudi Arabia vote together at the UN?
Canada and Saudi Arabia voted the same way in 43.0% of 5,870 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Canada and Saudi Arabia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Canada and Saudi Arabia mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 25.2% of 993 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Canada and Saudi Arabia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-07 Canada voted "no" and Saudi Arabia 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).