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.

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USAFRARUSGBR

A/RES/79/135

Cooperation between the United Nations and the and the Central European Initiative : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-06

GAAbstain

A/RES/79/134

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-06

GANo

S/RES/2761(2024)

Security Council resolution 2761 (2024) [on humanitarian exemptions to asset freeze measures imposed by ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions regime] · 2024-12-06

SCYes

A/RES/79/90

The occupied Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/79/114

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/79/115

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples: eradicating colonialism in all its forms and manifestations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/79/94

Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/79/89

Palestine refugees' properties and their revenues : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/79/91

Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/79/113

Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/79/96

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/79/88

Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/79/95

Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/79/82

Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/79/83

The Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/79/81

Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/79/38

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GANo

A/RES/79/41

Steps to building a common roadmap towards a world without nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GANo

A/RES/79/80

Promoting International Cooperation on Peaceful Uses in the Context of International Security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/79/20

No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/79/46

Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/79/49

Effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GANon-voting

A/RES/79/22

Reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GANo

A/RES/79/52

The Arms Trade Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/79/26

Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/79/17

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 · 2024-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/79/54

Through-life conventional ammunition management : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/79/21

Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/79/37

Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GAAbstain

A/RES/79/36

Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GAAbstain

A/RES/79/18

Weapons of mass destruction in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GAAbstain

A/RES/79/50

Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/79/55

Preventing the acquisition by terrorists of radioactive sources : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/79/35

Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GAAbstain

A/RES/79/16

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/79/29

The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GAAbstain

A/RES/79/34

Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/79/58

Implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/79/61

Strengthening and developing the system of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/79/77

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-12-02

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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