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

S/RES/1620(2005)

Security Council resolution 1620 (2005) [on establishment of the UN Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL)] · 2005-08-31

SCYes

S/RES/1619(2005)

Security Council resolution 1619 (2005) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)] · 2005-08-11

SCYes

S/RES/1618(2005)

Security Council resolution 1618 (2005) [on continued terrorist attacks in Iraq] · 2005-08-04

SCYes

S/RES/1616(2005)

Security Council resolution 1616 (2005) [on renewing arms embargo imposed by resolution 1493 and expanded by resolution 1596 and re-establishing the Panel of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo] · 2005-07-29

SCYes

S/RES/1615(2005)

Security Council resolution 1615 (2005) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)] · 2005-07-29

SCYes

S/RES/1614(2005)

Security Council resolution 1614 (2005) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)] · 2005-07-29

SCYes

S/RES/1617(2005)

Security Council resolution 1617 (2005) [on international cooperation in the fight against terrorism] · 2005-07-29

SCYes

S/RES/1612(2005)

Security Council resolution 1612 (2005) [on children in armed conflict] · 2005-07-26

SCYes

S/RES/1613(2005)

Security Council resolution 1613 (2005) [on nominations for ad litem judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia] · 2005-07-26

SCYes

S/RES/1611(2005)

Security Council resolution 1611 (2005) [on bomb attacks in London on 7 July 2005] · 2005-07-07

SCYes

S/RES/1610(2005)

Security Council resolution 1610 (2005) [on extending the mandate of the UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSI)] · 2005-06-30

SCYes

S/RES/1609(2005)

Security Council resolution 1609 (2005) [on extending the mandate of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and of the French forces which support it] · 2005-06-24

SCYes

A/RES/59/307

Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2005-06-22

GAYes

S/RES/1608(2005)

Security Council resolution 1608 (2005) [on extending the mandate of the UN Stabalization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)] · 2005-06-22

SCYes

S/RES/1607(2005)

Security Council resolution 1607 (2005) [on the situation in Liberia and West Africa] · 2005-06-21

SCYes

S/RES/1606(2005)

Security Council resolution 1606 (2005) [on the situation in Burundi] · 2005-06-20

SCYes

S/RES/1605(2005)

Security Council resolution 1605 (2005) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)] · 2005-06-17

SCYes

S/RES/1604(2005)

Security Council resolution 1604 (2005) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)] · 2005-06-15

SCYes

S/RES/1603(2005)

Security Council resolution 1603 (2005) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI)] · 2005-06-03

SCYes

S/RES/1601(2005)

Security Council resolution 1601 (2005) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)] · 2005-05-31

SCYes

S/RES/1602(2005)

Security Council resolution 1602 (2005) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Operation in Burundi (ONUB)] · 2005-05-31

SCYes

S/RES/1600(2005)

Security Council resolution 1600 (2005) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Côte d'Ivoire (MINUCI)] · 2005-05-04

SCYes

S/RES/1599(2005)

Security Council resolution 1599 (2005) [on establishment of the UN Office in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL) as a one-year follow-on special political mission in Timor-Leste] · 2005-04-28

SCYes

S/RES/1598(2005)

Security Council resolution 1598 (2005) [on the extension of the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)] · 2005-04-28

SCYes

S/RES/1597(2005)

Security Council resolution 1597 (2005) [on the amendment of article 13 ter of the Statute of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia] · 2005-04-20

SCYes

S/RES/1596(2005)

Security Council resolution 1596 (2005) [on renewal of the arms embargo imposed by Council resolutions 1493 and 1552 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo] · 2005-04-18

SCYes

S/RES/1595(2005)

Security Council resolution 1595 (2005) [on establishment of an international independent commission to assist in investigation of the terrorist bombing in Lebanon] · 2005-04-07

SCYes

S/RES/1594(2005)

Security Council resolution 1594 (2005) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Côte d'Ivoire (MINUCI)] · 2005-04-04

SCYes

S/RES/1593(2005)

Security Council resolution 1593 (2005) [referring the situation in Darfur since 1 July 2002 to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court] · 2005-03-31

SCAbstain

S/RES/1592(2005)

Security Council resolution 1592 (2005) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)] · 2005-03-30

SCYes

S/RES/1591(2005)

Security Council resolution 1591 (2005) [on establishment of a Security Council Committee to monitor implementation of the measures in Darfur] · 2005-03-29

SCAbstain

S/RES/1589(2005)

Security Council resolution 1589 (2005) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)] · 2005-03-24

SCYes

S/RES/1590(2005)

Security Council resolution 1590 (2005) [on establishment of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS)] · 2005-03-24

SCYes

S/RES/1588(2005)

Security Council resolution 1588 (2005) [on extending the mandate of the UN Advance Mission in the Sudan (UNAMIS)] · 2005-03-17

SCYes

S/RES/1587(2005)

Security Council resolution 1587 (2005) [on re-establishment of the UN Monitoring Group Established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1519 (2003)] · 2005-03-15

SCYes

S/RES/1586(2005)

Security Council resolution 1586 (2005) [on extending the mandate of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)] · 2005-03-14

SCYes

S/RES/1585(2005)

Security Council resolution 1585 (2005) [on extending the mandate of the UN Advance Mission in the Sudan (UNAMIS)] · 2005-03-10

SCYes

A/RES/59/280

United Nations declaration on human cloning : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2005-03-08

GANo

S/RES/1584(2005)

Security Council resolution 1584 (2005) [on monitoring the implementation of the arms embargo imposed by resolution 1572 on Côte d'Ivoire] · 2005-02-01

SCYes

S/RES/1582(2005)

Security Council resolution 1582 (2005) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)] · 2005-01-28

SCYes

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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