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.
S/RES/2450(2018)
Security Council resolution 2450 (2018) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) until 30 June 2019] · 2018-12-21
A/RES/73/258
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-20
A/RES/73/219
International trade and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-20
A/RES/73/224
Oil slick on Lebanese shores : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-20
A/RES/73/225
Entrepreneurship for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-20
A/RES/73/241
International migration and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-20
A/RES/73/244
Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-20
A/RES/73/220
International financial system and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-20
A/RES/73/240
Towards a new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-20
A/RES/73/257
Judgement of the International Court of Justice of 31 March 2004 concerning Avena and other Mexican nationals : need for immediate compliance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-20
A/RES/73/255
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 · 2018-12-20
A/RES/73/227
Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-20
A/RES/73/247
Industrial development cooperation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-20
A/RES/73/253
Agriculture development, food security and nutrition : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-20
A/RES/73/195
Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-19
A/RES/73/166
The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/175
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/159
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 · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/152
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/141
Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the 24th special session of the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/158
The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/165
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/182
Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/167
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/173
Promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of association : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/157
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/151
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/171
The right to food : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/194
Problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/172
Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/181
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/169
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/170
Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human rights by all : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-17
A/RES/73/132
Global health and foreign policy : healthier world through better nutrition : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-13
A/RES/73/135
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-13
S/RES/2449(2018)
Security Council resolution 2449 (2018) [on humanitarian situation in the Syrian Arab Republic and renewal of authorization of relief delivery and monitoring mechanism until 10 Jan. 2020] · 2018-12-13
S/RES/2447(2018)
Security Council resolution 2447 (2018) [on integration of United Nations support of police, justice and correctional sectors] · 2018-12-13
S/RES/2448(2018)
Security Council resolution 2448 (2018) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) until 15 Nov. 2019] · 2018-12-13
A/RES/73/127
International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-12
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