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

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%

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.

USAFRARUSCHN

All votes General Assembly Security Council

A/RES/64/148

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 · 2009-12-18

GAAbstain

S/RES/1904(2009)

Security Council resolution 1904 (2009) [on continuation of measures imposed against the Taliban and Al-Qaida] · 2009-12-17

SCYes

S/RES/1902(2009)

Security Council resolution 1902 (2009) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB)] · 2009-12-17

SCYes

S/RES/1903(2009)

Security Council resolution 1903 (2009) [on extension of travel ban on persons deemed to be a threat to the peace in Liberia and readjustment of the arms embargo] · 2009-12-17

SCYes

S/RES/1900(2009)

Security Council resolution 1900 (2009) [on extension of the terms of office of permanent and ad litem judges to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and on temporarily amending article 12, paragraph 1, of the Statute of the International Tribunal] · 2009-12-16

SCYes

S/RES/1899(2009)

Security Council resolution 1899 (2009) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 2009-12-16

SCYes

S/RES/1901(2009)

Security Council resolution 1901 (2009) [on extension of the terms of office of trial judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and on temporarily amending article 11, paragraph 1 of the Statute of the International Tribunal] · 2009-12-16

SCYes

S/RES/1898(2009)

Security Council resolution 1898 (2009) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)] · 2009-12-14

SCYes

A/RES/64/106

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2009-12-10

GANo

A/RES/64/99

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2009-12-10

GAAbstain

A/RES/64/94

Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2009-12-10

United Kingdom

P5 alignment

P5 alignment over time

Vetoes cast by United Kingdom