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/39/71

Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/73

Law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/72E

Public information and public action against apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/72C

Relations between Israel and South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/72G

Concerted international action for the elimination of apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/72A

Comprehensive sanctions against the apartheid regime and support to the liberation struggle in South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/90

Review of the multilateral treaty-making process : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/75

Progressive development of the principles and norms of international law relating to the new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/80

Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/76

Observer status of national liberation movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity and/or by the League of Arab States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/72B

Programme of work of the Special Committee against Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/81

Report of the Special Committee on Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Principle of Non-Use of Force in International Relations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/72D

Apartheid in sports : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/70

Review of the rates of reimbursement to the Governments of troop-contributing States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/63D

World Disarmament Campaign : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/62

Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/52

Cessation of all test explosions of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/58

Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/57

Conclusion of an international convention on the strengthening of the security of non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/50D

Dissemination of information and mobilization of international public opinion in support of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/65A

Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/61A

Implementation of the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/50E

UN Fund for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/65B

Prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/63G

Freeze on nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/65E

Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/63K

Disarmament and international security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/61B

Implementation of the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa : nuclear capability of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/59

Prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/53

Urgent need for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/63C

Nuclear-arms freeze : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/55

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/51

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 38/61 concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/50B

Question of Namibia : implementation of Security Council resolution 435 (1978) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/50A

Situation in Namibia resulting from illegal occupation of the Territory by South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/64B

Reduction of military budgets : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/63H

Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/63A

World Disarmament Campaign : actions and activities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/60

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 38/72 on the immediate cessation and prohibition of nuclear-weapon tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/50C

Programme of work of the UN Council for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

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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