UN Votes

USSR

Former permanent Security Council member

Dissolved 1991; UN Security Council seat continued by the Russian Federation.

2,892

GA votes

2,135 yes · 393 no · 341 abstain

725

SC votes

577 yes · 6 no · 106 abstain

162

Vetoes cast

P5 alignment

How often USSR 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 America18.3%29.1%
France29.9%39.5%
Russian Federation0.0%0.0%
United Kingdom26.7%36.6%
China69.2%71.9%
USA — 12.7%FRA — 20.7%RUS — 0.0%GBR — 18.5%CHN — 48.0%

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.

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USAFRAGBRCHN

A/RES/41/69F

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resumption of the ration distribution : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/63D

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 · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/60I

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : implementation of General Assembly resolution 40/151C on a nuclear arms freeze : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/60E

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : freeze on nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/60C

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : guidelines for confidence-building measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/59N

General and complete disarmament : notification of nuclear tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/59G

General and complete disarmament : conventional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/52

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 · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/45

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 40/79 concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/73

Progressive development of the principles and norms of international law relating to the new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/69K

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/68B

Questions relating to information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/60F

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/59H

Comprehensive study on the military use of research and development : military use of research and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/59B

General and complete disarmament : objective information on military matters : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/55B

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE DENUCLEARIZATION OF AFRICA : NUCLEAR CAPABILITY OF SOUTH AFRICA · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/69H

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : revenues derived from Palestine refugees properties : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/69D

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : grants and scholarships for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/68A

Questions relating to information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/63G

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 · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/63A

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 · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/59M

General and complete disarmament : conventional disarmament on a regional basis : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/58B

PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL WEAPONS · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/54

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 40/88 on the immediate cessation and prohibiton of nuclear-weapon tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/49

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/59L

General and complete disarmament : prohibition of the production of fissionable material for weapons purposes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/59K

General and complete disarmament : naval armaments and disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/59I

General and complete disarmament : prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of radiological weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/59E

General and complete disarmament : confidence-building and security-building measures and conventional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/44B

Financing of the UN Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/71

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 · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/63F

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 · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/63C

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 · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/63B

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 · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/60A

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : World Disarmament Campaign : actions and activities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/68E

Questions relating to information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/63E

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 · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/60B

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : World Disarmament Campaign : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/59D

General and complete disarmament : contribution of the specialized agencies and other organizations and programmes of the UN system to the cause of arms limitation and disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/46A

Cessation of all nuclear-test explosions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

Vetoes cast by USSR

S/2026/273 — Middle East (Strait of Hormuz)

2026-04-07

S/2025/116 — Ukraine

2025-02-24

S/2025/115 — Ukraine

2025-02-24

S/2024/826 — Sudan and South Sudan

2024-11-18

S/2024/302 — Non-proliferation

2024-04-24

S/2024/255 — Non-proliferation/DPRK

2024-03-28

S/2024/239 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2024-03-22

S/2023/792 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2023-10-25

S/2023/638 — Mali

2023-08-30

S/2023/506 — Middle East (Syria)

2023-07-11

S/2022/720 — Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine

2022-09-30

S/2022/538 — Middle East (Syria)

2022-07-08

S/2022/431 — Non-proliferation/DPRK

2022-05-26

S/2022/155 — 2014 Letter from Ukraine (Ukraine)

2022-02-25

S/2021/990 — Maintenance of international peace and security

2021-12-13

S/2020/667 — Middle East (Syria)

2020-07-10

S/2020/654 — Middle East (Syria)

2020-07-07

S/2019/961 — Middle East (Syria)

2019-12-20

S/2019/756 — Middle East (Syria)

2019-09-19

S/2019/186 — Venezuela

2019-02-28

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