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/38/236C

Financing of appropriation for the year 1984 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GANo

A/RES/38/197

Economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/38/188J

Institutional arrangments relating to the process of disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/38/187A

Prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/38/183N

Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/38/183J

Unilateral nuclear disarmament measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/38/183C

Prohibition of the nuclear neutron weapon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/38/183B

Non-use of nuclear weapons and prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/38/182

Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/38/181B

Nuclear capability of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/38/181A

Implementation of the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/38/237

Unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for the biennium 1984-1985 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GANo

A/RES/38/235

Health insurance contributions by the organizations of the United Nations common system : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GANo

A/RES/38/233

Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GANo

A/RES/38/228A

Postage stamps : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GANo

A/RES/38/202

Strengthening the capacity of the United Nations system to respond to natural disasters and other disaster situations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/38/236A

Budget appropriations for biennium 1984-1985 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GANo

A/RES/38/190

Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/38/183M

Implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 10th special session : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/38/183L

Disarmament Week : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/38/183G

Prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/38/180A

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/38/162

Remnants of war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/38/154

Development aspects of the reverse transfer technology : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/38/145

Assistance to the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/38/177

United Nations Institute for Training and Research : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-19

GANo

A/RES/38/166

Living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/38/144

Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/38/132

Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/38/180E

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/38/180D

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/38/133

Report of the Special Committee on Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Principle of Non-Use of Force in International Relations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/38/150

Transport and Communications Decade in Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-19

GAAbstain

A/RES/38/128

Progressive development of the principles and norms of international law relating to the new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-19

GAAbstain

A/RES/38/180C

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/38/180B

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/38/174

United Nations Special Fund for Land-locked Developing Countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/38/112

Human rights and scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/38/124

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 · 1983-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/38/107

Prevention of prostitution : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-16

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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