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/54/74
Palestine refugees' properties and their revenues : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-06
A/RES/54/92
Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-06
A/RES/54/85
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 · 1999-12-06
A/RES/54/84
Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-06
S/RES/1280(1999)
Security Council resolution 1280 (1999) [on extension of the period referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 8 of resolution 1242 (1999) and in paragraph 1 of resolution 1266 (1999) concerning measures to provide for the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people] · 1999-12-03
A/RES/54/62
Maintenance of international security - stability and development of South-Eastern Europe : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/54P
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/52
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 · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/47
Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/38
The Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/57
The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/54S
Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/54F
Missiles : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/50
Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/54Q
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/54O
Transparency in armaments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/54I
Transparency in armaments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/42
Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/55D
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/54G
Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world:#the need for a new agenda : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/54A
Preservation of and compliance with the Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile System : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/39
Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/54M
Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/54L
Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/37
Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/54K
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/54D
Nuclear disarmament with a view to the ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/63
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/41
Special information programme of the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/40
Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/54B
Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel mines and on Their Destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
A/RES/54/53
Prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-12-01
S/RES/1279(1999)
Security Council resolution 1279 (1999) [on establishment of the UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)] · 1999-11-30
S/RES/1277(1999)
Security Council resolution 1277 (1999) [on the decision to continue the UN Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH)] · 1999-11-30
S/RES/1278(1999)
Security Council resolution 1278 (1999) [on election to fill a vacancy in the International Court of Justice] · 1999-11-30
A/RES/54/31
Oceans and the law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-11-24
A/RES/54/35
Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-11-24
S/RES/1276(1999)
Security Council resolution 1276 (1999) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)] · 1999-11-24
S/RES/1275(1999)
Security Council resolution 1275 (1999) [on extension of the period referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 8 of resolution 1242 (1999) and in paragraph 1 of 1266 (1999) concerning measures to provide for the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people] · 1999-11-19
A/RES/54/26
Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1999-11-15
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