How Canada Voted 2018

Canada's UN voting record for 2018. Prime Minister: Justin Trudeau (Liberal).

1Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources” (A/RES/73/255):

Resolution adopted: December 20, 2018

Excerpt: “Expressing its grave concern also about the widespread destruction caused by Israel, the occupying Power, to vital infrastructure, including water pipelines, sewage networks and electricity networks, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory…”

Committee Vote:

  • 149 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 6 No (Canada, Israel, United States)
  • 12 Abstain (Australia, Mexico, Cameroon)

Plenary Vote:

  • 159 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 7 No (Canada, Israel, United States)
  • 13 Abstain (Australia, Mexico, Cameroon)

2. The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination”  (A/RES/73/158):

Resolution adopted: December 17, 2018

Excerpt: “Recalling the conclusion of the Court, in its advisory opinion of 9 July 2004, that the construction of the wall by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, along with measures previously taken, severely impedes the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination…”

Committee Vote:

  • 169 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 6 No (Canada, Israel, United States)
  • 12 Abstain (Australia, Cameroon, Honduras)

Plenary Vote:

  • 172 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 6 No (Canada, Israel, United States)
  • 11 Abstain (Australia, Cameroon, Honduras)

3. “Assistance to the Palestinian people” (A/RES/73/256):

Resolution adopted: December 20, 2018

Excerpt: “Aware that development is difficult under occupation and is best promoted in circumstances of peace and stability, … Noting the great economic and social challenges facing the Palestinian people and their leadership…”

Adopted without vote.


4. Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem” (A/RES/73/99):

Resolution adopted: December 7, 2018

Excerpt: “Gravely concerned by the tensions and violence in the recent period throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and including with regard to the holy places of Jerusalem, including the Haram al-Sharif, and deploring the loss of innocent civilian life…”

Committee Vote:

  • 153 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 6 No (Canada, Israel, United States, Australia)
  • 9 Abstain (Cameroon, Guatemala, Honduras)

Plenary Vote:

  • 152 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 8 No (Canada, Israel, United States, Australia)
  • 13 Abstain (Cameroon, Guatemala, Honduras)

5. Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan” (A/RES/73/98):

Resolution adopted: December 7, 2018

Excerpt: “Reaffirms that the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan are illegal and an obstacle to peace and economic and social development…”

Committee Vote:

  • 153 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 5 No (Canada, Israel, United States)
  • 10 Abstain (Australia, Cameroon, Guatemala)

Plenary Vote:

  • 154 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 6 No (Canada, Israel, United States)
  • 15 Abstain (Australia, Cameroon, Guatemala)

6. Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories” (A/RES/73/97):

Resolution adopted: December 7, 2018

Excerpt: “Demands that Israel accept the de jure applicability of the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, and that it comply scrupulously with the provisions of the Convention…”

Committee Vote:

  • 154 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 5 No (Canada, Israel, United States)
  • 8 Abstain (Australia, Cameroon, Guatemala)

Plenary Vote:

  • 157 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 7 No (Canada, Israel, United States)
  • 10 Abstain (Australia, Cameroon, Guatemala)

 7. Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories” (A/RES/73/96):

Resolution adopted: December 7, 2018

Excerpt: “Deplores those policies and practices of Israel that violate the human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories, as reflected in the report of the Special Committee covering the reporting period…”

Committee Vote:

  • 77 Yes (China, United Arab Emirates)
  • 8 No (Canada, Israel, United States, Australia)
  • 79 Abstain (Russian Federation, France, United Kingdom, Japan)

Plenary Vote:

  • 78 Yes (China, United Arab Emirates)
  • 10 No (Canada, Israel, United States, Australia)
  • 84 Abstain (Russian Federation, France, United Kingdom, Japan)

8. Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues” (A/RES/73/95):

Resolution adopted: December 7, 2018

Excerpt: “Reaffirms that the Palestine refugees are entitled to their property and to the income derived therefrom, in conformity with the principles of equity and justice…”

Committee Vote:

  • 155 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 5 No (Canada, Israel, United States)
  • 10 Abstain (Australia, Mexico, Cameroon)

Plenary Vote:

  • 156 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 6 No (Canada, Israel, United States)
  • 14 Abstain (Australia, Mexico, Cameroon)

9. Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East” (A/RES/73/94):

Resolution adopted: December 7, 2018

Excerpt: “Calling upon Israel to ensure the expedited and unimpeded import of all necessary construction materials into the Gaza Strip and to reduce the burdensome cost of importation of Agency supplies…”

Committee Vote:

  • 158 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 5 No (Canada, Israel, United States)
  • 7 Abstain (Australia, Cameroon, Guatemala)

Plenary Vote:

  • 155 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 6 No (Canada, Israel, United States)
  • 13 Abstain (Australia, Cameroon, Mexico)

10. “Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities” (A/RES/73/93):

Resolution adopted: December 7, 2018

Excerpt: “Reaffirms the right of all persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities to return to their homes or former places of residence in the territories occupied by Israel since 1967…”

Committee Vote:

  • 155 Yes (China, Australia, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 5 No (Canada, Israel, United States)
  • 10 Abstain (Australia, Honduras, Cameroon)

Plenary Vote:

  • 155 Yes (Australia, China, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 6 No (Canada, Israel, United States)
  • 13 Abstain (Australia, Honduras, Cameroon)

11. “Assistance to Palestine refugees” (A/RES/73/92):

Resolution adopted: December 7, 2018

Excerpt: “Expressing grave concern at the especially difficult situation of the Palestine refugees under occupation, including with regard to their safety, well-being and socioeconomic living conditions…”           

Committee Vote:

  • 161 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU, Australia)
  • 2 No (Israel, United States)
  • 8 Abstain (Canada, Cameroon, Guatemala)

Plenary Vote:

  • 163 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU, Australia)
  • 2 No (Israel, United States)
  • 13 Abstain (Canada, Cameroon, Guatemala)

12. Jerusalem” (A/RES/73/22):

Resolution adopted: November 30, 2018

Excerpt: “Expressing its grave concern, in particular, about tensions, provocations and incitement regarding the holy places of Jerusalem, including the Haram al-Sharif, and urging restraint and respect for the sanctity of the holy sites by all sides…”

Plenary Vote:

  • 148 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 11 No (Canada, Israel, United States, Australia)
  • 14 Abstain (Cameroon, Honduras, Panama)

13. Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine” (A/RES/73/19):

Resolution adopted: November 30, 2018

Excerpt: “Expressing its grave concern about tensions, provocations and incitement regarding the holy places of Jerusalem, including the Haram al-Sharif, and urging restraint and respect for the sanctity of the holy sites by all sides…”

Plenary Vote:

  • 156 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 8 No (Canada, Israel, United States, Australia)
  • 12 Abstain (Honduras, Guatemala)

14. Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat” (A/RES/73/20):  

Resolution adopted: November 30, 2018

Excerpt: “Recalling the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory…”

Plenary Vote:

  • 152 Yes (China, Russian Federation, all of the EU)
  • 8 No (Canada, Israel, United States, Australia)
  • 14 Abstain (Mexico, Honduras, Cameroon)

15. Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat” (A/RES/73/21):  

Resolution adopted: November 30, 2018

Excerpt: “Requests the Division , in particular, to continue to monitor developments relevant to the question of Palestine, to organize international meetings and activities in support of the Committee’s mandate … to liaise and cooperate with civil society and parliamentarians, including through the Working Group of the Committee and its associated ‘UN Platform for Palestine’, to develop and expand the ‘Question of Palestine’”

Plenary Vote:

  • 96 Yes (China, United Arab Emirates)
  • 13 No (Canada, Israel, United States, Australia, Hungary)
  • 64 Abstain (Russian Federation, France, United Kingdom, Japan)

16. “Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People” (A/RES/73/18):

Resolution adopted: November 30, 2018

Excerpt: “Noting with deep regret the passage of 51 years since the onset of the Israeli occupation and 70 years since the adoption of resolution 181 (II) on 29 November 1947 and the Nakba without tangible progress towards a peaceful solution…”

Plenary Vote:

  • 100 Yes (China, United Arab Emirates)
  • 12 No (Canada, Israel, United States, Australia, Hungary)
  • 62 Abstain (Russian Federation, France, United Kingdom, Japan)