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/32/9[G]

Intensification and co-ordination of United Nations action in support of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-11-04

GAYes

A/RES/32/9[E]

Action by intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations with respect to Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-11-04

GAYes

A/RES/32/9[D]

Situation in Namibia resulting from the illegal occupation of the Territory by South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-11-04

GAYes

A/RES/32/9[F]

Programme of work of the United Nations Council for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-11-04

GAYes

A/RES/32/9[H]

Special session of the General Assembly on the question of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-11-04

GAYes

A/RES/32/9[C]

Dissemination of information on Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-11-04

GAYes

A/RES/32/7

Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-11-01

GAYes

A/RES/32/5

Recent illegal Israeli measures in the occupied Arab territories designed to change to legal status, geographical nature and demographic composition of those territories in contravention of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, of Israel's international obligations under the 4th Geneva convention of 1949 and of United Nations resolutions, and obstruction of efforts aimed at achieving a just and lasting peace in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-10-28

GAYes

A/RES/31/5[C]

Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and of the United Nations Disengagement Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GAAbstain

A/RES/31/208[III]

Future trend in computer usage : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GANo

A/RES/31/206

Revised estimate concerning the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GANo

A/RES/31/204

Emoluments of the members of the International Court of Justice : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GANo

A/RES/31/207[A]

Revised budget appropirations for the biennium 1976-1977 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GANo

A/RES/31/208[I]

Yearbook of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GANo

A/RES/31/207[B]

Revised income estimates for the biennium 1976-1977 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/31/5[D]

Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and of the United Nations Disengagement Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GAAbstain

A/RES/31/195

Expansion of meeting rooms and improvement of conference servicing and delegate facilities at United Nations Headquarters : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GANo

A/RES/31/207[C]

Financing of appropriations for the year 1977 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GANo

A/RES/31/197

Investments of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/31/189[A]

General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GANo

A/RES/31/174

Ways and means of accelerating the transfer of real resources to developing countries on a predictable, assured and continuous basis : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/31/158

Debt problems of developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/31/157

Specific action in favour of land-locked developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/31/189[C]

General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/31/189[D]

General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/31/177

Statute of the United Nations Special Fund for Land-Locked Developing Countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/31/186

Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Arab territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/31/178

Implementation of General Assembly Resolutions 2626 (XXV), 3202 (S-VI), 3281 (XXIX) and 3362 (S-VII) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/31/163

Industrial redeployment in favour of developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/31/150

Dissemination of information on Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/31/152

Observer status for the South West Africa People's Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/31/148

Intensification and co-ordination of United Nations action in support of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/31/147

Programme of work of the United Nations Council for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/31/154[B]

Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/31/149

Action by intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations with respect to Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/31/146

Situation in Namibia resulting from the illegal occupation of the Territory by South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/31/144

Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/31/143

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/31/141[B]

Review of the United Nations salary system : amendments to the Staff Regulations of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-17

GANo

A/RES/31/141[A]

Second annual report of the International Civil Service Commission : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-17

GANo

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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