Canada expressed its "dissatisfaction" with China after its foreign minister publicly berated a Canadian journalist, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said it was "irresponsible" of a journalist from the web outlet IPolitics to ask about human rights and the jailing of a Canadian, Kevin Garratt.
"I am very much in the relationship-building mode, where we're talking about the kinds of challenges and opportunities that companies are facing," said Trudeau,
UN resolutions comes at a time when Iran has executed nearly 700 prisoners in its jails, but is also joining forces with Western powers to combat the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.