Canada vs Samoa: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Canada and Samoa 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
58.7%
of 3,860 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 53.6% | 278 |
| 1980 | 51.9% | 1,210 |
| 1990 | 69.1% | 719 |
| 2000 | 69.3% | 804 |
| 2010 | 51.0% | 849 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 52.1% | 792 |
| Nuclear weapons | 50.5% | 675 |
| Disarmament | 60.5% | 874 |
| Colonialism | 51.6% | 546 |
| Human rights | 46.8% | 735 |
| Economic development | 50.2% | 478 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Canada | Samoa |
|---|---|---|---|
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/71/75 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | 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 |
R/69/227 | 2014-12-19 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Canada and Samoa vote together at the UN?
Canada and Samoa voted the same way in 58.7% of 3,860 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Canada and Samoa agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Canada and Samoa are split: they voted the same way in 46.8% of 735 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Canada and Samoa last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 Canada voted "no" and Samoa voted "yes" on A/RES/72/31 (Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).