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%
USA12.7%FRA20.7%RUS0.0%GBR18.5%CHN48.0%

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.

0%50%100%1946195019601970198019901991
USAFRAGBRCHN

A/RES/46/47D

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/47B

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/46I

Protection of Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/47C

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/46G

Return of the population and refugees displaced since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/46K

Protection of Palestinian students and educational institutions and safeguarding of the security of UNRWA in the occupied Palestinian territory : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/46/36L

Transparency in armaments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/46/47G

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/46J

University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/46H

Revenues derived from Palestine refugees properties : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/46F

Resumption of ration distribution to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/46/46E

Palestine refugees in Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-09

GANon-voting

A/RES/46/46D

Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/46/36J

Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/46/29

Comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/46/41B

Question of Antarctica : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-06

GANon-voting

A/RES/46/39

Israeli nuclear armament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-06

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/37C

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : nuclear-arms freeze : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-06

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/36D

Production of fissionable material for weapon purposes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/46/41A

Question of Antarctica : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-06

GANon-voting

A/RES/46/36I

Regional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/46/33

Prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/46/34A

Implementation of the Denuclearization of Africa : nuclear capacity of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-06

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/38C

Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th Special Session : Report of the Conference on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/46/37D

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : Convention on Prohibition of Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/46/32

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 · 1991-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/46/38B

Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th Special Session : Comprehensive Programme of Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-06

GAAbstain

A/RES/46/31

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/46/28

Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/46/24

Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/46/19

Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-11-25

GAYes

A/RES/46/16

Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-11-13

GAYes

A/RES/46/10

Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-10-22

GAYes

A/RES/46/9

Question of the Comorian Island of Mayotte : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1991-10-16

GAYes

A/RES/45/188

Entrepreneurship : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/45/183

Assistance to the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/45/176D

Relations between South Africa and Israel : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/45/176F

Oil embargo against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/45/176C

Military collaboration with South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/45/176E

Programme of work of the Special Committee against Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-19

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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