Canada vs Syria: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Canada and Syria 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
37.9%
of 5,687 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 39.9% | 228 |
| 1950 | 33.2% | 322 |
| 1960 | 26.1% | 387 |
| 1970 | 46.0% | 928 |
| 1980 | 36.1% | 1,341 |
| 1990 | 48.8% | 715 |
| 2000 | 43.2% | 893 |
| 2010 | 23.9% | 872 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 40.8% | 1,053 |
| Nuclear weapons | 36.6% | 776 |
| Disarmament | 41.0% | 1,014 |
| Colonialism | 37.5% | 906 |
| Human rights | 22.2% | 983 |
| Economic development | 42.3% | 723 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Canada | Syria |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/248 Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-24 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/215 Agricultural technology for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-20 | 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 |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Canada and Syria vote together at the UN?
Canada and Syria voted the same way in 37.9% of 5,687 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Canada and Syria agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Canada and Syria mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 22.2% of 983 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Canada and Syria last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-24 Canada voted "yes" and Syria voted "no" on A/RES/72/248 (Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).