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.

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USAFRARUSGBR

S/RES/474(1980)

Security Council resolution 474 (1980) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1980-06-17

SCNon-voting

S/RES/473(1980)

Security Council resolution 473 (1980) [calling upon South Africa to take measures to eliminate the policy of apartheid and grant to all South African citizens equal rights] · 1980-06-13

SCYes

S/RES/472(1980)

Security Council resolution 472 (1980) [extending the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1980-06-13

SCNon-voting

S/RES/471(1980)

Security Council resolution 471 (1980) [on assassination attempts against the Mayors of Nablus, Ramallah and Al Bireh] · 1980-06-05

SCYes

S/RES/470(1980)

Security Council resolution 470 (1980) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1980-05-30

SCNon-voting

S/RES/469(1980)

Security Council resolution 469 (1980) [on deportation of Palestinian leaders from territories occupied by Israel] · 1980-05-20

SCYes

S/RES/468(1980)

Security Council resolution 468 (1980) [on deportation of Palestinian leaders from territories occupied by Israel] · 1980-05-08

SCYes

S/RES/467(1980)

Security Council resolution 467 (1980) [condemning the deliberate shelling of the headquarters of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1980-04-24

SCYes

S/RES/466(1980)

Security Council resolution 466 (1980) [on South Africa's military actions against Zambia] · 1980-04-11

SCYes

S/RES/465(1980)

Security Council resolution 465 (1980) [on Israeli settlement policies in the occupied territories] · 1980-03-01

SCYes

S/RES/464(1980)

Security Council resolution 464 (1980) [on admission of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to membership in the United Nations] · 1980-02-19

SCYes

S/RES/463(1980)

Security Council resolution 463 (1980) [calling upon United Kingdom to create conditions in Southern Rhodesia which will ensure free and fair elections] · 1980-02-02

SCYes

S/RES/462(1980)

Security Council resolution 462 (1980) [deciding to call an emergency special session of the General Assembly on the Afghanistan situation] · 1980-01-09

SCYes

S/RES/461(1979)

Security Council resolution 461 (1979) [on detention of persons of United States nationality in Iran] · 1979-12-31

SCYes

S/RES/460(1979)

Security Council resolution 460 (1979) [on the termination of sanctions against Southern Rhodesia] · 1979-12-21

SCYes

S/RES/459(1979)

Security Council resolution 459 (1979) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1979-12-19

SCNon-voting

S/RES/458(1979)

Security Council resolution 458 (1979) [extending the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1979-12-14

SCNon-voting

S/RES/457(1979)

Security Council resolution 457 (1979) [on diplomatic relations between Iran and the United States] · 1979-12-04

SCYes

S/RES/456(1979)

Security Council resolution 456 (1979) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1979-11-30

SCNon-voting

S/RES/455(1979)

Security Council resolution 455 (1979) [on Southern Rhodesia's policies towards Zambia] · 1979-11-23

SCYes

S/RES/454(1979)

Security Council resolution 454 (1979) [on South Africa's policies towards Angola and other front-line States] · 1979-11-02

SCYes

S/RES/453(1979)

Security Council resolution 453 (1979) [on admission of Saint Lucia to membership in the United Nations] · 1979-09-12

SCYes

S/RES/452(1979)

Security Council resolution 452 (1979) [on Israeli settlement policies in the occupied territories] · 1979-07-20

SCYes

S/RES/451(1979)

Security Council resolution 451 (1979) [extending the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1979-06-15

SCNon-voting

S/RES/450(1979)

Security Council resolution 450 (1979) [renewing the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1979-06-14

SCNon-voting

S/RES/449(1979)

Security Council resolution 449 (1979) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1979-05-30

SCNon-voting

S/RES/448(1979)

Security Council resolution 448 (1979) [reaffirming the April 1979 elections and the results thereof in Southern Rhodesia to be null and void] · 1979-04-30

SCYes

S/RES/447(1979)

Security Council resolution 447 (1979) [on South Africa's policies towards Angola and other front-line States] · 1979-03-28

SCYes

S/RES/446(1979)

Security Council resolution 446 (1979) [on establishment of a commission to examine the situation relating to settlements in the Arab territories occupied by Israel] · 1979-03-22

SCYes

S/RES/445(1979)

Security Council resolution 445 (1979) [condemning Southern Rhodesia's armed invasions of Angola, Mozambique and Zambia] · 1979-03-08

SCYes

S/RES/444(1979)

Security Council resolution 444 (1979) [renewing the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1979-01-19

SCNon-voting

S/RES/443(1978)

Security Council resolution 443 (1978) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1978-12-14

SCNon-voting

S/RES/442(1978)

Security Council resolution 442 (1978) [on admission of Dominica to membership in the United Nations] · 1978-12-06

SCYes

S/RES/441(1978)

Security Council resolution 441 (1978) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1978-11-30

SCNon-voting

S/RES/440(1978)

Security Council resolution 440 (1978) [urging the two communities in Cyprus to resume negotiations] · 1978-11-27

SCYes

S/RES/439(1978)

Security Council resolution 439 (1978) [on elections in Namibia] · 1978-11-13

SCYes

S/RES/438(1978)

Security Council resolution 438 (1978) [on renewal of the mandate of UNEF] · 1978-10-23

SCNon-voting

S/RES/437(1978)

Security Council resolution 437 (1978) [on observation of sanctions against Southern Rhodesia] · 1978-10-10

SCYes

S/RES/436(1978)

Security Council resolution 436 (1978) [on a cease-fire in Lebanon] · 1978-10-06

SCYes

S/RES/435(1978)

Security Council resolution 435 (1978) [on establishment of the UN Transition Assistance Group for Namibia] · 1978-09-29

SCNon-voting

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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