How Canada Voted 2015

Canada's UN voting record for 2015. Prime Minister: Justin Trudeau (Liberal).

1. “Permanent 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/70/225)

Resolution adopted: 22 December 2015

Excerpt: “Expressing its concern about the exploitation by Israel, the occupying Power, of the natural resources of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967.”

Committee Vote:

  • 156 Yes (France, Germany, UK, rest of EU)
  • 7 No (Canada, Israel, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, US)
  • 9 Abstain (Australia, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Czech Republic, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Togo, Tonga)

Plenary Vote:

  • 164 Yes (France, Germany, UK, rest of EU)
  • 5 No (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, United States)
  • 10 Abstain (Australia, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Czech Republic, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Togo, Tonga, Vanuatu)

2. “The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination” (A/RES/70/141)

Resolution adopted: 17 December 2015

Excerpt: “Recalling the conclusion of the Court…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:

  • 170 Yes
  • 6 No
  • 4 Abstain

Plenary Vote:

  • 177 Yes (France, Germany, UK, rest of EU)
  • 7 No (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States)
  • 4 Abstain (Cameroon, Honduras, Tonga, South Sudan)

3. “Assistance to the Palestinian people” (A/RES/70/108)

Resolution adopted: 10 December 2015

Excerpt: “Gravely concerned at the difficult living conditions and humanitarian situation affecting the Palestinian people, in particular women and children, throughout the occupied Palestinian territory…”

Adopted without vote.

4. “Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem” (A/RES/70/90)

Resolution adopted: 9 December 2015

Excerpt: “Expressing grave concern about the continuing systematic violation of the human rights of the Palestinian people by Israel, the occupying Power…”

Committee Vote:

  • 155 Yes
  • 8 No (Australia, Canada, Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, United States)
  • 11 Abstain

Plenary Vote:

  • 158 Yes (France, Germany, UK, rest of EU)
  • 8 No (Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States)
  • 10 Abstain (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Honduras, Liberia, Malawi, Paraguay, Togo, Vanuatu)

5. “Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan” (A/RES/70/89)

Resolution adopted: 9 December 2015

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:

  • 154 Yes
  • 7 No (Canada, Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau and United States)
  • 8 Abstain

Plenary Vote:

  • 161 Yes (France, Germany, UK, rest of EU)
  • 7 No (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States)
  • 8 Abstain (Australia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Honduras, Paraguay, Togo, Vanuatu)

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/70/88)

Resolution adopted: 9 December 2015

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: 

  • 156 Yes
  • 6 No (Canada, Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Palau, United States)
  • 7 Abstain (Australia, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar, Paraguay, South Sudan, Vanuatu)

Plenary Vote:

  • 163 Yes (France, Germany, UK, rest of EU)
  • 6 No (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, United States)
  • 8 Abstain (Australia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Paraguay, Togo, Vanuatu) 

 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/70/87)

Resolution adopted: 9 December 2015

Excerpt: “Deplores those policies and practices of Israel that violate the human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories…”

Committee Vote:

  • 84 Yes
  • 9 No (Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Panama, United States)
  • 74 Abstain

Plenary Vote:

  • 92 Yes
  • 9 No (Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Panama, United States)
  • 75 Abstain

8. “Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues” (A/RES/70/86)

Resolution adopted: 9 December 2015

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:

  • 157 Yes
  • 7 No (Canada, Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, United States)
  • 6 Abstain (Cameroon, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Madagascar, Paraguay, Vanuatu)

Plenary Vote:

  • 167 Yes (France, Germany, UK, rest of EU)
  • 7 No (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States)
  • 4 Abstain (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Paraguay, Vanuatu)

9. “Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East” (A/RES/70/85)         

Resolution adopted: 9 December 2015

Excerpt: “Gravely concerned about the extremely difficult socioeconomic conditions being faced by the Palestine refugees in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, particularly in the refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, as a result of the recurrent military operations, continuing prolonged Israeli closures, the construction of settlements and the wall, and the severe economic and movement restrictions that in effect amount to a blockade…”

Committee Vote:

  • 158 Yes
  • 6 No (Canada, Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Palau, United States)
  • 6 Abstain (Cameroon, CAR, Cote D’Ivoire, Madagascar, Paraguay, Vanuatu)

Plenary Vote:

  • 169 Yes (France, Germany, UK, rest of EU)
  • 6 No (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, United States)
  • 5 Abstain (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Nauru, Paraguay, Vanuatu)

10. “Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities” (A/RES/70/84)

Resolution adopted: 9 December 2015

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

Committee Vote:

  • 157 Yes
  • 7 No (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau and United States)
  • 6 Abstain (Cameroon, Cote D’Ivoire, Honduras, Madagascar, Paraguay, Vanuatu)

Plenary Vote: 

  • 164 Yes (France, Germany, UK, rest of EU)
  • 7 No (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States)
  • 7 Abstain (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Honduras, Liberia, Paraguay)

11. “Assistance to Palestine refugees” (A/RES/70/83)

Resolution adopted: 9 December 2015

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:

  • 158 Yes
  • 1 No (Israel)
  • 10 Abstain (Canada)

Plenary Vote:

  • 167 Yes
  • 1 No (Israel)
  • 11 Abstain (Canada)

12. “Jerusalem” (A/RES/70/16)

Resolution adopted: 24 November 2015

Excerpt: “Reiterates its determination that any actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power, to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the Holy City of Jerusalem are illegal and therefore null and void and have no validity whatsoever, and calls upon Israel to immediately cease all such illegal and unilateral measures.”

Plenary Vote:

  • 153 Yes (France, Germany, UK, rest of EU)
  • 7 No (Canada, Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, US)
  • 8 Abstain (Australia, Cameroon, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, South Sudan, Toga, Tonga)

13. “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine” (A/RES/70/15)

Resolution adopted: 24 November 2015

Excerpt: “Expressing grave concern about the extremely detrimental impact of Israeli settlement policies, decisions and activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, including on the contiguity, integrity and viability of the Territory …”

Plenary Vote:

  • 155 Yes (France, Germany, UK, rest of EU)
  • 7 No (Australia, Canada, Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Palau, US)
  • 7 Abstain (Cameroon, Honduras, Nauru, Paraguay, South Sudan, Togo, Tonga)

14. “Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat” (A/RES/70/14)

Resolution adopted: 17 December 2015

Excerpt: “Considers that the special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department is very useful in raising the awareness of the international community concerning the question of Palestine…”

Plenary Vote:

  • 155 Yes (France, Germany, UK, rest of EU)
  • 7 No (Canada, Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, US)
  • 7 Abstain (Australia, Cameroon, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, South Sudan, Tonga)

15. “Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat” (A/RES/70/13)

Resolution adopted: 24 November 2015

Excerpt: “Considers that, by providing substantive support to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People in the implementation of its mandate, the Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat continues to make a most useful and constructive contribution to raising international awareness of the question of Palestine…”

Plenary Vote:

  • 99 Yes
  • 8 No (Australia, Canada, Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, US)
  • 59 Abstain

16. “Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People” (A/RES/70/12)

Resolution adopted: 24 November 2015

Excerpt: “Requests the Committee to continue to exert all efforts to promote the realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to self-determination, to support the achievement without delay of an end to the Israeli occupation that began in 1967 and of the two-State solution on the basis of the pre-1967 borders…”

Plenary Vote:

  • 102 Yes
  • 8 No (Australia, Canada, Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, US)
  • 57 abstain

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