UN Votes

China

Permanent Security Council member

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%
USA11.1%FRA24.4%RUS41.1%GBR23.4%

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

S/RES/2737(2024)

Security Council resolution 2737 (2024) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) until 31 Dec. 2024] · 2024-06-27

SCYes

S/RES/2736(2024)

Security Council resolution 2736 (2024) [on halt to fighting and de-escalation in and around El Fasher, Sudan] · 2024-06-13

SCYes

S/RES/2734(2024)

Security Council resolution 2734 (2024) [on reviewing and extending sanctions against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida] · 2024-06-10

SCYes

S/RES/2735(2024)

Security Council resolution 2735 (2024) [on ceasefire in the Gaza Strip] · 2024-06-10

SCYes

A/RES/78/283

Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-06-04

GAAbstain

S/RES/2732(2024)

Security Council resolution 2732 (2024) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) until 31 Dec. 2025] · 2024-05-31

SCYes

S/RES/2733(2024)

Security Council resolution 2733 (2024) [on extension of the authorizations on the inspection of vessels on the high seas off the coast of Libya for a period of 12 months] · 2024-05-31

SCAbstain

S/RES/2731(2024)

Security Council resolution 2731 (2024) [on renewal of sanctions imposed by Security Council resolution 2428 (2018) until 31 May 2025 and extension of the mandate of the Panel of Experts on South Sudan until 1 July 2025] · 2024-05-30

SCAbstain

S/RES/2730(2024)

Security Council resolution 2730 (2024) [on protection of humanitarian personnel and UN and associated personnel in armed conflict] · 2024-05-24

SCYes

A/RES/78/282

International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-05-23

GANo

A/RES/ES-10/23

Admission of new Members to the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-05-10

GAYes

S/RES/2729(2024)

Security Council resolution 2729 (2024) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until 30 Apr. 2025] · 2024-04-29

SCAbstain

A/RES/78/272

Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-04-24

GAYes

A/RES/78/273

Revised estimates relating to the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-04-24

GANo

S/RES/2728(2024)

Security Council resolution 2728 (2024) [on ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during Ramadan] · 2024-03-25

SCYes

S/2024/239

Draft resolution S/2024/239 — vetoed by CHN, RUS · 2024-03-22

SCVetoedNo

A/RES/78/264

Measures to combat Islamophobia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-03-15

GAYes

S/RES/2727(2024)

Security Council resolution 2727 (2024) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) until 17 Mar. 2025] · 2024-03-15

SCYes

S/RES/2726(2024)

Security Council resolution 2726 (2024) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until 30 Apr. 2024] · 2024-03-14

SCYes

S/RES/2725(2024)

Security Council resolution 2725 (2024) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Panel of Experts Established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1591 (2005) on the Sudan until 12 Mar. 2025] · 2024-03-08

SCAbstain

S/RES/2724(2024)

Security Council resolution 2724 (2024) [on cessation of hostilities in Sudan during Ramadan] · 2024-03-08

SCYes

S/RES/2723(2024)

Security Council resolution 2723 (2024) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 31 Jan. 2025] · 2024-01-30

SCYes

S/RES/2722(2024)

Security Council resolution 2722 (2024) [on attacks by Houthis on merchant and commercial vessels] · 2024-01-10

SCAbstain

S/RES/2721(2023)

Security Council resolution 2721 (2023) [on appointment of a Special Envoy for Afghanistan] · 2023-12-29

SCAbstain

A/RES/78/230

Promotion of inclusive and effective international tax cooperation at the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/78/237

Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/78/239

Nuclear disarmament verification : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/78/241

Lethal autonomous weapons systems : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-22

GAAbstain

A/RES/78/251

Proposed programme budget for 2024 : Section 26, Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/78/234

A global call for concrete action for the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-22

GANon-voting

A/RES/78/238

Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/78/240

Addressing the legacy of nuclear weapons: providing victim assistance and environmental remediation to Member States affected by the use or testing of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-22

GAAbstain

S/RES/2720(2023)

Security Council resolution 2720 (2023) [on delivery of humanitarian relief and appointment of a Senior Humanitarian Coordinator for Gaza] · 2023-12-22

SCYes

S/RES/2719(2023)

Security Council resolution 2719 (2023) [on consideration of requests from the African Union Peace and Security Council to access UN assessed contributions for African Union-led peace support operations] · 2023-12-21

SCYes

S/RES/2718(2023)

Security Council resolution 2718 (2023) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) until 30 June 2024] · 2023-12-21

SCYes

A/RES/78/150

Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls for realizing all Sustainable Development Goals : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/78/165

Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/78/158

Combating sand and dust storms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/78/170

Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/78/143

Oil slick on Lebanese shores : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19

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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