UN Votes

United Kingdom

Permanent Security Council member
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5,694

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 memberGA onlyGA + SC
United States of America60.4%72.5%
France86.0%90.0%
Russian Federation54.6%70.8%
China40.5%58.0%
USA — 25.0%FRA — 35.6%RUS — 22.6%CHN — 16.8%

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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USAFRARUSCHN

A/RES/41/44A

Financing of the UN Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/69J

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : Palestine refugees in the West Bank : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/69F

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resumption of the ration distribution : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/63D

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/60I

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : implementation of General Assembly resolution 40/151C on a nuclear arms freeze : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/60E

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : freeze on nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/60C

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : guidelines for confidence-building measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/59N

General and complete disarmament : notification of nuclear tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/59G

General and complete disarmament : conventional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/52

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 · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/45

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 40/79 concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/73

Progressive development of the principles and norms of international law relating to the new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/69K

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/68B

Questions relating to information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/60F

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/59H

Comprehensive study on the military use of research and development : military use of research and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/59B

General and complete disarmament : objective information on military matters : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/55B

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE DENUCLEARIZATION OF AFRICA : NUCLEAR CAPABILITY OF SOUTH AFRICA · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/69H

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : revenues derived from Palestine refugees properties : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/69D

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : grants and scholarships for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/68A

Questions relating to information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/63G

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/63A

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/59M

General and complete disarmament : conventional disarmament on a regional basis : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/58B

PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL WEAPONS · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/54

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 40/88 on the immediate cessation and prohibiton of nuclear-weapon tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/49

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/59L

General and complete disarmament : prohibition of the production of fissionable material for weapons purposes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/59K

General and complete disarmament : naval armaments and disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/59I

General and complete disarmament : prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of radiological weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/59E

General and complete disarmament : confidence-building and security-building measures and conventional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/44B

Financing of the UN Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/71

Observer status of national liberation movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity and/or by the League of Arab States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/63F

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/63C

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/63B

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/60A

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : World Disarmament Campaign : actions and activities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/68E

Questions relating to information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/63E

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/60B

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : World Disarmament Campaign : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

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

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