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/1252(1999)

Security Council resolution 1252 (1999) [on monitoring of the demilitarization of the Prevlaka peninsula by UN observers] · 1999-07-15

SCYes

S/RES/1251(1999)

Security Council resolution 1251 (1999) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)] · 1999-06-29

SCYes

S/RES/1250(1999)

Security Council resolution 1250 (1999) [on negotiations for a political settlement in Cyprus under auspices of the Secretary-General] · 1999-06-29

SCYes

S/RES/1249(1999)

Security Council resolution 1249 (1999) [on admission of the Republic of Nauru to membership in the United Nations] · 1999-06-25

SCAbstain

S/RES/1248(1999)

Security Council resolution 1248 (1999) [on admission of the Republic of Kiribati to membership in the United Nations] · 1999-06-25

SCNon-voting

S/RES/1247(1999)

Security Council resolution 1247 (1999) [on continuation of the multinational stabilization force (SFOR) and extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH)] · 1999-06-18

SCYes

S/RES/1245(1999)

Security Council resolution 1245 (1999) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL)] · 1999-06-11

SCYes

S/RES/1246(1999)

Security Council resolution 1246 (1999) [on establishment of the UN Mission in East Timor (UNAMET)] · 1999-06-11

SCYes

S/RES/1244(1999)

Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) [on the deployment of international civil and security presences in Kosovo] · 1999-06-10

SCAbstain

A/RES/53/227

Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-06-08

GAYes

S/RES/1243(1999)

Security Council resolution 1243 (1999) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)] · 1999-05-27

SCYes

S/RES/1242(1999)

Security Council resolution 1242 (1999) [on measures to provide for the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people] · 1999-05-21

SCYes

S/RES/1241(1999)

Security Council resolution 1241 (1999) [on the completion of cases in the International Tribunal for Rwanda, being handled by Judges whose terms of office are due to expire] · 1999-05-19

SCYes

S/RES/1240(1999)

Security Council resolution 1240 (1999) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT)] · 1999-05-15

SCYes

S/RES/1239(1999)

Security Council resolution 1239 (1999) [on relief assistance to Kosovo refugees and internally displaced persons in Kosovo, the Republic of Montenegro and other parts of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia] · 1999-05-14

SCAbstain

S/RES/1238(1999)

Security Council resolution 1238 (1999) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)] · 1999-05-14

SCYes

S/RES/1236(1999)

Security Council resolution 1236 (1999) [on UN presence in East Timor to assist in the Popular Consultation on the status of East Timor] · 1999-05-07

SCYes

S/RES/1237(1999)

Security Council resolution 1237 (1999) [on implementation of sanctions against Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA)] · 1999-05-07

SCYes

S/RES/1235(1999)

Security Council resolution 1235 (1999) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)] · 1999-04-30

SCYes

S/RES/1234(1999)

Security Council resolution 1234 (1999) [on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo] · 1999-04-09

SCYes

S/RES/1233(1999)

Security Council resolution 1233 (1999) [on implementation of the Abuja Agreement and on establishment of a Post-Conflict Peace Building Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS)] · 1999-04-06

SCYes

S/RES/1232(1999)

Security Council resolution 1232 (1999) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)] · 1999-03-30

SCYes

S/RES/1231(1999)

Security Council resolution 1231 (1999) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL)] · 1999-03-11

SCYes

S/RES/1230(1999)

Security Council resolution 1230 (1999) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA)] · 1999-02-26

SCYes

S/RES/1229(1999)

Security Council resolution 1229 (1999) [on expiration of the mandate and the technical liquidation of the UN Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA)] · 1999-02-26

SCYes

S/1999/201

Draft resolution S/1999/201 — vetoed by CHN · 1999-02-25

SCVetoedNo

S/RES/1228(1999)

Security Council resolution 1228 (1999) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)] · 1999-02-11

SCYes

S/RES/1227(1999)

Security Council resolution 1227 (1999) [on the border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea] · 1999-02-10

SCYes

A/RES/ES-10/6

Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-02-09

GAYes

S/RES/1226(1999)

Security Council resolution 1226 (1999) [on the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea] · 1999-01-29

SCYes

S/RES/1225(1999)

Security Council resolution 1225 (1999) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)] · 1999-01-28

SCYes

S/RES/1223(1999)

Security Council resolution 1223 (1999) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)] · 1999-01-28

SCYes

S/RES/1224(1999)

Security Council resolution 1224 (1999) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)] · 1999-01-28

SCYes

S/RES/1222(1999)

Security Council resolution 1222 (1999) [on the demilitarization of the Prevlaka peninsula] · 1999-01-15

SCYes

S/RES/1221(1999)

Security Council resolution 1221 (1999) [on the downing of 2 UN-chartered aircraft and disappearance of other aircraft over territory in Angola controlled by UNITA] · 1999-01-12

SCYes

S/RES/1220(1999)

Security Council resolution 1220 (1999) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL)] · 1999-01-12

SCYes

S/RES/1219(1998)

Security Council resolution 1219 (1998) [on the crash of UN flight 806 and disappearance of other aircraft over territory in Angola controlled by UNITA] · 1998-12-31

SCYes

S/RES/1218(1998)

Security Council resolution 1218 (1998) [on promoting progress towards just and lasting settlement in Cyprus] · 1998-12-22

SCYes

S/RES/1217(1998)

Security Council resolution 1217 (1998) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)] · 1998-12-22

SCYes

S/RES/1216(1998)

Security Council resolution 1216 (1998) [on the process of peace and reconciliation in Guinea-Bissau] · 1998-12-21

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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