United Kingdom
Permanent Security Council member5,694
GA votes
2,663 yes · 1,419 no · 1,560 abstain
2,815
SC votes
2,673 yes · 1 no · 60 abstain
32
Vetoes cast
P5 alignment
How often United Kingdom voted the same way as each permanent Security Council member, of the resolutions both cast a yes/no/abstain vote on.
| Permanent member | GA only | GA + SC |
|---|---|---|
| United States of America | 60.4% | 72.5% |
| France | 86.0% | 90.0% |
| Russian Federation | 54.6% | 70.8% |
| China | 40.5% | 58.0% |
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.
A/RES/63/54
Effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-02
A/RES/63/37
Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-02
A/RES/63/31
The Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-11-26
A/RES/63/26
Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-11-26
A/RES/63/29
Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-11-26
A/RES/63/27
Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-11-26
A/RES/63/30
Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-11-26
A/RES/63/28
Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-11-26
A/RES/63/13
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-11-03
A/RES/63/7
Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-10-29
A/RES/63/3
Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on whether the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo is in accordance with international law : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-10-08
A/RES/62/265
Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-06-20
A/RES/62/270
Global Forum on Migration and Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-06-20
A/RES/62/249
Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-04-15
A/RES/62/243
The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-03-14
A/RES/62/215
Oceans and the law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-22
A/RES/62/241
Questions related to the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-22
A/RES/62/222
Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-22
A/RES/62/219
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-22
A/RES/62/216
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-22
A/RES/62/236
Questions relating to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-22
A/RES/62/220
Global efforts for the total 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 · 2007-12-22
A/RES/62/218
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-22
A/RES/62/190
Agricultural technology for development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-19
A/RES/62/181
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 · 2007-12-19
A/RES/62/184
International trade and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-19
A/RES/62/188
Oil slick on Lebanese shores : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-19
A/RES/62/183
Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-19
A/RES/62/151
Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-18
A/RES/62/164
The right to food : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-18
A/RES/62/146
The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-18
A/RES/62/145
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-18
A/RES/62/143
Report of the Human Rights Council on the preparations for the Durban Review Conference : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-18
A/RES/62/141
Rights of the child : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-18
A/RES/62/168
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-18
A/RES/62/166
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations to achieve international cooperation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms and in solving international problems of a humanitarian character : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-18
A/RES/62/161
The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-18
A/RES/62/142
Inadmissibility of certain practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-18
A/RES/62/163
Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human rights by all : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-18
A/RES/62/150
Strengthening the role of the United Nations in enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections and the promotion of democratization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2007-12-18
Vetoes cast by United Kingdom
S/21048 — Panama
1989-12-23
S/20378 — 1989 Letters from Libya and Bahrain (Libya)
1989-01-11
S/19585 — South Africa
1988-03-08
S/18785 — Namibia
1987-04-09
S/18705 — South Africa
1987-02-20
S/18163 — Complaint by Angola against South Africa
1986-06-18
S/18087/Rev. 1 — Southern Africa
1986-05-23
S/18016/Rev. 1 — 1986 Letters from various Member States (Libya)
1986-04-21
S/17633 — Namibia
1985-11-15
S/17354/Rev.1 — South Africa
1985-07-26
S/15156/Rev. 2 — Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
1982-06-04
S/14462 — Namibia
1981-04-30
S/14461 — Namibia
1981-04-30
S/14460/Rev.1 — Namibia
1981-04-30
S/14459 — Namibia
1981-04-30
S/12312/Rev. 1 — South Africa
1977-10-31
S/12311/Rev. 1 — South Africa
1977-10-31
S/12310/Rev. 1 — South Africa
1977-10-31
S/12211 — Namibia
1976-10-19
S/11713 — Namibia
1975-06-06