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.

7%54%100%1946195019651980199520102025
USAFRARUSCHN

S/RES/738(1992)

Security Council resolution 738 (1992) [on admission of the Republic of Tajikistan to membership in the United Nations] · 1992-01-29

SCNon-voting

S/RES/735(1992)

Security Council resolution 735 (1992) [on admission of the Republic of Armenia to membership in the United Nations] · 1992-01-29

SCNon-voting

S/RES/736(1992)

Security Council resolution 736 (1992) [on admission of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan to membership in the United Nations] · 1992-01-29

SCNon-voting

S/RES/737(1992)

Security Council resolution 737 (1992) [on admission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to membership in the United Nations] · 1992-01-29

SCNon-voting

S/RES/732(1992)

Security Council resolution 732 (1992) [on admission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to membership in the United Nations] · 1992-01-23

SCNon-voting

S/RES/733(1992)

Security Council resolution 733 (1992) [calling for a complete embargo on deliveries of weapons and military equipment to Somalia] · 1992-01-23

SCYes

S/RES/731(1992)

Security Council resolution 731 (1992) [on the destruction of Pan American flight 103 and Union des transports aériens flights 772] · 1992-01-21

SCYes

S/RES/730(1992)

Security Council resolution 730 (1992) [on termination of the mandate of the UN Observer Group in Central America] · 1992-01-16

SCYes

S/RES/729(1992)

Security Council resolution 729 (1992) [on enlargement of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in El Salvador] · 1992-01-14

SCYes

S/RES/727(1992)

Security Council resolution 727 (1992) [on the Implementing Accord signed at Sarajevo on the cease-fire agreed to on 23 Nov. 1991] · 1992-01-08

SCYes

S/RES/728(1992)

Security Council resolution 728 (1992) [on assistance in mine clearance in Cambodia] · 1992-01-08

SCYes

S/RES/726(1992)

Security Council resolution 726 (1992) [on the deportation by Israel of 12 Palestinian civilians from the territories occupied by Israel] · 1992-01-06

SCYes

S/RES/725(1991)

Security Council resolution 725 (1991) [on referendum for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara] · 1991-12-31

SCYes

A/RES/46/216

International cooperation to mitigate the environmental consequences on Kuwait and other countries in the region resulting from the situation between Iraq and Kuwait : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/46/210

Economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-20

GANo

A/RES/46/199

Adverse economic effects of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occuped since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/201

Assistance to the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/46/162

Living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/46/153

United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-18

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/134

Situation of human rights in Iraq : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/46/137

Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/46/130

Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States in their electoral processess : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-17

GANo

A/RES/46/135

Situation of human rights in Kuwait under Iraqi occupation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/46/117

Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-17

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/89

Use of mercenaries as a means to violate human rights and to impede the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-16

GANo

A/RES/46/82A

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-16

GANo

A/RES/46/95

World social situation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/84

Status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/86

Elimination of racism and racial discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/46/87

Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-16

GANo

A/RES/46/82B

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-16

GAYes

S/RES/724(1991)

Security Council resolution 724 (1991) [establishing a committee to monitor the embargo on all deliveries of weapons and military equipment to Yugoslavia] · 1991-12-15

SCYes

A/RES/46/79E

Oil embargo against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-13

GANo

A/RES/46/79D

Relations between South Africa and Israel : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-13

GANo

A/RES/46/79C

Military and other collaboration with South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-13

GANo

A/RES/46/79B

Programme of work of the Special Committee against Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-13

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/78

Law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-12

GAAbstain

S/RES/723(1991)

Security Council resolution 723 (1991) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1991-12-12

SCYes

A/RES/46/74B

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-11

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/74A

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-11

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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