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/39/120
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Guatemala : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/99A
UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/98B
Questions relating to information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/95F
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 · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/95D
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 · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/121
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/101
Israel's decision to build a canal linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Dead Sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/99F
UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resumption of the ration distribution to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/95H
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 · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/95A
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 · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/93
Programme of Activities in Observance of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/133
Human rights and scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/99H
UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : revenues derived from Palestine refugee properties : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/91
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/130
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/99J
UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : Palestine refugees in the West Bank : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/95B
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 · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/146B
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/99K
UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/99I
UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : protection of Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/95E
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 · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/146
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/137
Elaboration of a 2nd Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/134
Human rights and use of scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/99D
UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/92
Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14
S/RES/559(1984)
Security Council resolution 559 (1984) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1984-12-14
A/RES/39/71
Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13
A/RES/39/73
Law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13
A/RES/39/72E
Public information and public action against apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13
A/RES/39/72C
Relations between Israel and South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13
A/RES/39/72G
Concerted international action for the elimination of apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13
A/RES/39/72A
Comprehensive sanctions against the apartheid regime and support to the liberation struggle in South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13
A/RES/39/90
Review of the multilateral treaty-making process : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13
A/RES/39/75
Progressive development of the principles and norms of international law relating to the new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13
A/RES/39/80
Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13
A/RES/39/76
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 · 1984-12-13
A/RES/39/72B
Programme of work of the Special Committee against Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13
A/RES/39/81
Report of the Special Committee on Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Principle of Non-Use of Force in International Relations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13
A/RES/39/72D
Apartheid in sports : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13
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