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/37/131

Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17

GAAbstain

A/RES/37/184

Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Guatemala : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/37/134

Assistance to the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/37/127A

Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17

GANo

A/RES/37/185

Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/37/140

Transport and Communications Decade in Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/37/137

Protection against products harmful to health and the environment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/37/127B

Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17

GANo

A/RES/37/135

Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/37/130

Impact of inflation and monetary instability on the regular budget of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/37/125A

Scale of assessments for the apportionment of expenses of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/37/104

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 · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/123C

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/120J

Protection of Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/123B

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / addopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/123A

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/122

Israel's decision to build a canal linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Dead Sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/123E

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/123D

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/120K

Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/120I

Special identification cards to all Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/120H

Revenues derived from Palestine refugee properties : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/120C

University of Jerusalem for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/105

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 · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/120D

Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/118

Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/120G

Population and refugees displaced since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/114

Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/37/103

Progressive development of the principles and norms of international law relating to the new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/37/120F

Resumption of the ration distribution to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/120E

Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/102

Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/37/100C

Convention on the prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/37/98E

Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-13

GANo

A/RES/37/100B

Nuclear arms freeze : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/37/98D

Provisional procedures to uphold the authority of the 1925 Geneva protocol : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-13

GANo

A/RES/37/98A

Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/37/95B

Reduction of military budgets : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-13

GANo

A/RES/37/100H

World Disarmament Campaign : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/37/99F

Review of and supplement to the Comprehensive study of the question of nuclear-weapon-free zones in all aspects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-13

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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