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/36/120E

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10

GAYes

A/RES/36/116A

Financial emergency of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10

GANo

A/RES/36/116B

Financial emergency of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10

GANo

A/RES/36/112

Review of the multilateral treaty-making process : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/106

Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10

GAYes

A/RES/36/92H

Status of multilateral disarmament agreements : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/92J

World-wide action for collecting signatures in support of measures to prevent nuclear war, to curb the arms race and for disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/87B

Establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/95

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 · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/97A

Study on conventional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/97E

Non-stationing of nuclear weapons on the territories of States where there are no such weapons at present : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/97K

Disarmament and international security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/96C

Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GANo

A/RES/36/92F

Report of the Committee on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/97C

Prevention of arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/89

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 · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/88

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/92C

World Disarmament Campaign : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/104

Implementation of the Declaration on the Preparation of Societies for Life in Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/103

Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention and Interference in the Internal Affairs of States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/99

Conclusion of a treaty on the prohibition of the stationing of weapons of any kind in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/96B

Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/94

Conclusion of an international convention on the strengthening of the security of non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/92D

International co-operation for disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/92K

Prohibition of the nuclear neutron weapon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/86B

Implementation of the Declaration [on the Denuclearization of Africa] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/100

Declaration on the Prevention of Nuclear Catastrophe : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/98

Israeli nuclear armament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/92E

Nuclear weapons in all their aspects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/102

Implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/97J

Review of the membership of the Committee on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/96A

Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/86A

Nuclear capability of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/84

Cessation of all test explosions of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/97G

Prohibition of the production of fissionable material for weapons use : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GANo

A/RES/36/92I

Non-use of nuclear weapons and prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/36/73

Living conditions of the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/36/68

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-01

GAYes

A/RES/36/69

Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-01

GAYes

A/RES/36/66A

Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-11-30

GAAbstain

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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