UN Votes

China

Permanent Security Council member
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5,694

GA votes

4,521 yes · 245 no · 556 abstain

2,815

SC votes

2,528 yes · 2 no · 139 abstain

22

Vetoes cast

P5 alignment

How often China voted the same way as each permanent Security Council member, of the resolutions both cast a yes/no/abstain vote on.

Permanent memberGA onlyGA + SC
United States of America19.1%43.4%
France42.2%59.2%
Russian Federation71.1%81.3%
United Kingdom40.5%58.0%
USA — 11.1%FRA — 24.4%RUS — 41.1%GBR — 23.4%

The pie chart is based on the “GA only” column, showing each member’s share of the combined total across all shown members (it does not sum those percentages to 100% on its own) — see the table for the actual agreement rate with each. The “GA + SC” column blends in Security Council votes, which are adopted almost unanimously and so tend to pull every country’s number up.

P5 alignment over time

Same GA-only metric, by year. A member’s line starts wherever it first has enough shared votes in a year to be meaningful (at least 5) — for Russia, that’s never before 1991, since the USSR voted under a separate historical record.

0%50%100%1946195019651980199520102025
USAFRARUSGBR

A/RES/2024(XX)

Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1965-11-11

GAYes

A/RES/2022(XX)

Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1965-11-05

GAYes

A/RES/2023(XX)

Question of Aden : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1965-11-05

GAYes

A/RES/1991(XVIII)[A]

Question of equitable representation on the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/1979(XVIII)

Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/1991(XVIII)[B]

Question of equitable representation on the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-17

GAAbstain

A/RES/1983(XVIII)

United Nations Emergency Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/1990(XVIII)

Question of the composition of the General Committee of the General Assembly : amendments to rules 31 and 38 of the Assembly's rules of procedure : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/1992(XVIII)

Enlargement of the Economic Committee, the Social Committee and the Co-ordination Committee of the Economic and Social Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/1978(XVIII)[B]

The policies of apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/1967(XVIII)

Question of methods fact-finding : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/1964(XVIII)

The Korean question : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/1957(XVIII)

Installation of mechanical means of voting : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/1956(XVIII)

The situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/1948(XVIII)

Question of Oman : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/1913(XVIII)

Territories under Portuguese administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/1909(XVIII)

Question of convening a conference for the purpose of signing a convention on the prohibition of the use of nuclear and thermo-nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-11-27

GAAbstain

A/RES/1911(XVIII)

Denuclearization of Latin America : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-11-27

GAYes

A/RES/1899(XVIII)

Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-11-13

GAYes

A/RES/1889(XVIII)

Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-11-01

GAYes

A/RES/1883(XVIII)

Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-10-14

GAYes

A/RES/1885(XVIII)

United Nations Operation in the Congo : cost estimates and financing for the period 1 January to 30 June 1964 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-10-12

GAYes

A/RES/1881(XVIII)

The policies of apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-10-11

GAYes

A/RES/1876(S-IV)

United Nations Operation in the Congo : cost estimates and financing for the period 1 July to 31 December 1963 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-06-27

GAYes

A/RES/1875(S-IV)

United Nations Emergency Force : cost estimates and financing for the period 1 July to 31 December 1963 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-06-27

GAYes

A/RES/1877(S-IV)

Payment of arrears in respect of assessed contributions to the United Nations Emergency Force Special Account and the Ad Hoc Account for the United Nations Operations in the Congo : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-06-27

GAYes

A/RES/1857(XVII)

Question of Hungary : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1962-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/1854(XVII)[A]

Administrative and budgetary procedures of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1962-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/1819(XVII)

The situation in Angola : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1962-12-18

GAAbstain

A/RES/1810(XVII)

The situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1962-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/1803(XVII)

Permanent sovereignty over natural resources : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1962-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/1807(XVII)

Territories under Portuguese administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1962-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/1784(XVII)

The problem of Chinese refugees in Hong Kong : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1962-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/1764(XVII)

Report of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1962-11-20

GAYes

A/RES/1761(XVII)

The policies of apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1962-11-06

GAYes

A/RES/1762(XVII)[B]

The urgent need for suspension of nuclear and thermo-nuclear tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1962-11-06

GAYes

A/RES/1760(XVII)

Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1962-10-31

GAYes

A/RES/1755(XVII)

Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1962-10-12

GAYes

A/RES/1752(XVII)

Agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands concerning West New Guinea (West Irian) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1962-09-21

GAYes

A/RES/1747(XVI)

The question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1962-06-28

GAYes

Vetoes cast by China

S/2026/273 — Middle East (Strait of Hormuz)

2026-04-07

S/2024/239 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2024-03-22

S/2023/792 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2023-10-25

S/2022/431 — Non-proliferation/DPRK

2022-05-26

S/2020/667 — Middle East (Syria)

2020-07-10

S/2020/654 — Middle East (Syria)

2020-07-07

S/2019/961 — Middle East (Syria)

2019-12-20

S/2019/756 — Middle East (Syria)

2019-09-19

S/2019/186 — Venezuela

2019-02-28

S/2017/172 — Middle East (Syria)

2017-02-28

S/2016/1026 — Middle East (Syria)

2016-12-05

S/2014/348 — Middle East (Syria)

2014-05-22

S/2012/538 — Middle East (Syria)

2012-07-19

S/2012/77 — Middle East (Syria)

2012-02-04

S/2011/612 — Middle East (Syria)

2011-10-04

S/2008/447 — Peace and security in Africa (Zimbabwe)

2008-07-11

S/2007/14 as orally revised — Myanmar

2007-01-12

S/1999/201 — FYR Macedonia

1999-02-25

S/1997/18 — Central America

1997-01-10

S/10784 — Middle East

1972-09-10

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