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/35/152D

Non-use of nuclear weapons and prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/146A

Nuclear capability of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/35/156I

Report of the Committee on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/152C

Nuclear weapons in all aspects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/35/146B

Implementation of the Declaration [on the Denuclearization of Africa] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/35/144C

Chemical and Bacteriological (Biological) Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GANo

A/RES/35/142B

Reduction of military budgets : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/156F

Study on nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/156C

Non-stationing of nuclear weapons on the territories of States where there are no such weapons at present : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/35/156A

Study on conventional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GANo

A/RES/35/155

Conclusion of an international convention to assure non-nuclear-weapon states against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/35/148

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/152I

World Disarmament Campaign : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/35/152B

Nuclear weapons in all aspects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/35/149

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 · 1980-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/35/154

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 · 1980-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/35/145B

Prohibition of all nuclear test explosions by all States for all time : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/143

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 34/71 concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlateloco) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/35/152J

Report of the Committee on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/152G

Paragraph 125 of the Final Document : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/35/124

International co-operation to avert new flows of refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-11

GANo

A/RES/35/122C

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 · 1980-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/136

World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/123

Question of the Malagasy Islands of Glorieuses, Juan de Nova, Europa and Bassas da India : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/122D

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 · 1980-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/122E

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 · 1980-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/130B

Human rights and scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-11

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/119

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/130A

Human rights and scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/120

Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/122F

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 · 1980-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/122B

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 · 1980-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/122A

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 · 1980-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/118

Plan of the Action for the full implemenation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/115B

Financing the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-10

GANo

A/RES/35/113

Financial emergency of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-10

GANo

A/RES/35/115A

Financing the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-10

GANo

A/RES/35/75

Living conditions of the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/35/58

Specific action related to the particular needs and problems of land-locked development countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/35/60

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-05

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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