Canada
- Canada has been a member of the United Nations since 9 November 1945
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- Canada is part of the North America block
- Canada has participated in 1552 votes since 26 October 1994, most recently on 23 December 2008
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Minority votes in the General Assembly
Sometimes these votes highlight an issue where there is a difference from the majority of the international community.
Canada…
| voted alone (out of 142 nations) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 62/241). | 21 December 2007 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 179) to abstain on | Draft resolution II (resolution 62/103). | 17 December 2007 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 178) to abstain on | Draft resolution II (resolution 57/195). | 18 December 2002 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 180) to abstain on | Draft resolution II (resolution 63/92). | 5 December 2008 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 188) to abstain on | Draft resolution XI (resolution 63/178). | 18 December 2008 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 180) to abstain on | The draft decision. | 18 December 2008 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 178) to abstain on | Draft resolution II as a whole (resolution 58/160). | 22 December 2003 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 188) to abstain on | Draft resolution III (resolution 59/177). | 20 December 2004 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 174) to abstain on | Operative paragraph 12 of the draft resolution. | 22 December 2004 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 138) to abstain on | Draft resolution II (resolution 56/266). | 27 March 2002 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 163) to abstain on | Draft resolution M (resolution 50/70 M). | 12 December 1995 |
| voted with 2 other nations (out of 183) to abstain on | Draft resolution III (resolution 62/143). | 18 December 2007 |
| voted with 2 other nations (out of 174) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/63/L.35 (resolution 63/29). | 26 November 2008 |
| voted with 2 other nations (out of 167) to abstain on | Draft resolution II (resolution 49/84). | 15 December 1994 |
| voted with 3 other nations (out of 185) to abstain on | Draft resolution III (resolution 62/146). | 18 December 2007 |
| voted with 3 other nations (out of 185) to abstain on | Draft resolution III (resolution 61/149). | 19 December 2006 |
| voted with 3 other nations (out of 187) to abstain on | Draft resolution III (resolution 59/185). | 20 December 2004 |
| voted with 3 other nations (out of 179) to abstain on | Draft resolution II (resolution 60/144). | 16 December 2005 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 143) against | Draft resolution A/62/L.25/Rev.2, as orally corrected, (resolution 62/270). | 20 June 2008 |
| voted with 4 other nations (out of 173) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/62/L.21/Rev.1 (resolution 62/83). | 10 December 2007 |
Minority votes in the Security Council
For a permanent member a vote against constitutes a veto.
- 23 June 2000 – Briefing by Mr. Carl Bildt, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Balkans
- 18 December 2000 – The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question
Ambassadors
People who have spoken in the General Assembly or Security Council in the name of Canada. Sometimes ministers or heads of state take the place of the official ambassador of the day.
| Name | Speeches | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Adsett | 6 | 12 June 2001 | 6 December 2007 |
| Ms. Andreychuk | 1 | 12 December 2007 | 12 December 2007 |
| Mr. Angell | 3 | 13 July 2000 | 14 November 2000 |
| Ms. Archibald | 1 | 14 December 1995 | 14 December 1995 |
| Mr. Saint Arnaud | 2 | 2 December 2008 | 22 December 2008 |
| Mr. Axworthy | 9 | 24 September 1996 | 14 September 2000 |
| Mr. Baillargeon | 1 | 24 May 1996 | 24 May 1996 |
| Mr. Bernier | 1 | 2 October 2007 | 2 October 2007 |
| Mr. Berry | 3 | 16 October 2003 | 1 December 2004 |
| Mr. Brousseau | 1 | 3 November 2005 | 3 November 2005 |
| Ms. Brown | 1 | 20 June 2008 | 20 June 2008 |
| Mr. Cannon | 1 | 30 June 2009 | 30 June 2009 |
| Mr. Caron | 1 | 19 January 2000 | 19 January 2000 |
| Ms. Kilgour Carr | 1 | 18 October 1994 | 18 October 1994 |
| Mr. Chrétien | 5 | 22 October 1995 | 23 September 2003 |
| Mr. Duval | 43 | 1 October 1997 | 9 April 2002 |
| Mr. Edwards | 1 | 29 September 2008 | 29 September 2008 |
| Mr. Fadden | 1 | 15 September 2006 | 15 September 2006 |
| Mr. Fowler | 99 | 18 January 1995 | 28 July 2000 |
| Mr. Fraser | 1 | 21 October 1994 | 21 October 1994 |
| Mrs. Frechette | 1 | 13 October 1994 | 13 October 1994 |
| Mrs. Fréchette | 11 | 27 April 1994 | 7 November 1994 |
| Ms. Fréchette | 1 | 17 October 1994 | 17 October 1994 |
| Ms. Garant | 1 | 6 October 2005 | 6 October 2005 |
| Mr. Gibbons | 1 | 26 June 1998 | 26 June 1998 |
| Mr. Giroux | 2 | 25 November 1998 | 8 December 1998 |
| Mr. Goodleaf | 1 | 8 December 1994 | 8 December 1994 |
| Mr. Gosal | 3 | 16 March 2001 | 11 November 2002 |
| Mr. Graham | 2 | 12 September 2002 | 22 September 2003 |
| Ms. Grant | 1 | 10 December 2004 | 10 December 2004 |
| Mr. Gwozdecky | 1 | 4 September 2008 | 4 September 2008 |
| Mr. Hage | 1 | 10 December 2002 | 10 December 2002 |
| Mr. Halsen | 1 | 18 December 1996 | 18 December 1996 |
| Mr. Hanson | 4 | 20 July 1995 | 26 June 1998 |
| Ms. Hanson | 1 | 28 November 2001 | 28 November 2001 |
| Mr. Harper | 1 | 21 September 2006 | 21 September 2006 |
| Mr. Hayes | 1 | 31 May 2001 | 31 May 2001 |
| Mr. Heinbecker | 71 | 24 August 2000 | 13 October 2003 |
| Mr. Holmes | 2 | 6 December 1996 | 24 November 1999 |
| Ms. Hulan | 5 | 20 December 2005 | 5 August 2009 |
| Mr. Hynes | 10 | 17 December 1996 | 15 November 2002 |
| Ms. Jaffer | 1 | 28 October 2004 | 28 October 2004 |
| Mr. Jansen | 2 | 25 April 1996 | 27 November 1996 |
| Ms. Janson | 1 | 18 December 2008 | 18 December 2008 |
| Mr. Karsgaard | 21 | 26 October 1994 | 28 August 1997 |
| Mr. Von Kaufmann | 3 | 15 December 1999 | 14 December 2001 |
| Mr. von Kaufmann | 2 | 10 March 2000 | 18 May 2001 |
| Mr. King | 1 | 26 October 2000 | 26 October 2000 |
| Ms. Labelle | 1 | 17 September 1998 | 17 September 1998 |
| Mr. Laurin | 35 | 5 November 2001 | 24 July 2006 |
| Mrs. Leahy | 1 | 27 January 2006 | 27 January 2006 |
| Mr. Leblanc | 1 | 19 November 1996 | 19 November 1996 |
| Mr. Livermore | 2 | 18 November 1999 | 28 November 2000 |
| Mr. Macartney | 1 | 23 November 1998 | 23 November 1998 |
| Mr. Malone | 1 | 31 July 1994 | 31 July 1994 |
| Mr. Manley | 1 | 10 November 2001 | 10 November 2001 |
| Mr. Martin | 2 | 22 September 2004 | 16 September 2005 |
| Ms. Mawhinney | 2 | 4 December 1995 | 11 November 1996 |
| Mr. McDougall | 1 | 30 October 2000 | 30 October 2000 |
| Mr. McKnee | 1 | 17 April 2007 | 17 April 2007 |
| Mr. McNee | 63 | 21 July 2006 | 25 November 2009 |
| Ms. McVey | 4 | 17 December 1996 | 17 December 1998 |
| Mr. Moher | 1 | 10 September 1996 | 10 September 1996 |
| Mr. Montador | 1 | 28 June 2005 | 28 June 2005 |
| Ms. Moore | 1 | 18 September 2006 | 18 September 2006 |
| Mr. Morrill | 2 | 30 October 2008 | 8 May 2009 |
| Ms. Nguyen | 1 | 18 January 2005 | 18 January 2005 |
| Mr. Njoo | 1 | 11 June 2008 | 11 June 2008 |
| Mr. Normandin | 20 | 10 November 2006 | 11 November 2009 |
| Mr. Ostry | 1 | 6 November 1995 | 6 November 1995 |
| Mr. Ouellet | 2 | 29 September 1994 | 26 September 1995 |
| Mr. Pettigrew | 1 | 21 September 2005 | 21 September 2005 |
| Mr. Plunkett | 1 | 2 March 2009 | 2 March 2009 |
| Ms. Poupart | 1 | 27 October 1995 | 27 October 1995 |
| Ms. Price | 4 | 16 October 2002 | 23 December 2003 |
| Mr. Regan | 1 | 16 November 2004 | 16 November 2004 |
| Ms. Ridgeway | 1 | 28 November 2005 | 28 November 2005 |
| Mr. Rock | 38 | 26 February 2004 | 28 June 2006 |
| Mr. Shore | 1 | 5 November 2003 | 5 November 2003 |
| Mr. Singh | 1 | 14 October 2004 | 14 October 2004 |
| Mr. Snell | 2 | 12 December 1995 | 29 October 1996 |
| Mrs. Stewart | 1 | 21 November 1994 | 21 November 1994 |
| Ms. Stewart | 1 | 28 November 2006 | 28 November 2006 |
| Mr. Strauss | 2 | 9 December 1994 | 20 December 1994 |
| Ms. Sunderland | 1 | 11 December 2008 | 11 December 2008 |
| Mr. Tobin | 1 | 5 December 1995 | 5 December 1995 |
| Mr. Vamos-Goldman | 3 | 15 October 1999 | 17 July 2000 |
| Mrs. Verner | 1 | 2 June 2006 | 2 June 2006 |
| Mr. Vámos-Goldman | 7 | 28 February 2000 | 6 December 2001 |
| Mr. Westdal | 3 | 25 October 1994 | 11 October 2002 |
| Ms. Wilson | 1 | 4 October 1999 | 4 October 1999 |
