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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A/RES/39/147

Israeli nuclear armament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/151[D]

Nuclear-weapon freeze : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/148[P]

Prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/127

Senior women's programme officers posts at the regional commissions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/119

Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/98A

Questions relating to information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/95C

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 · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/145

Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/99G

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : population and refugees displaced since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/99E

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/95G

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 · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/146C

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/120

Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Guatemala : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/99A

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/98B

Questions relating to information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/95F

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 · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/95D

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 · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/121

Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/101

Israel's decision to build a canal linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Dead Sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/99F

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resumption of the ration distribution to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/95H

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 · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/95A

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 · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/93

Programme of Activities in Observance of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/133

Human rights and scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/99H

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : revenues derived from Palestine refugee properties : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/91

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/130

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/99J

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : Palestine refugees in the West Bank : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/95B

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 · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/146B

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/99K

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/99I

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : protection of Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/95E

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 · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/146

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/137

Elaboration of a 2nd Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/134

Human rights and use of scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/99D

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/92

Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/71

Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GANo

A/RES/39/73

Law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

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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