According to Al Jazeera, Canada's Permanent Mission to the United Nations stated its opposition to Iran's election as a member of the UN Committee for Programme and Coordination, arguing that Iran's human rights record and threats to international peace and stability are incompatible with the oversight body's mandate. The report noted that during Wednesday's UN General Assembly vote, 144 out of 183 voting countries supported Iran's election as one of the four Asia-Pacific regional representatives to the committee; Canada's stated position does not change the outcome of the vote.