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/3032(XXVII)

Respect for human rights in armed conflicts : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/3014(XXVII)

United Nations programme for drug abuse control : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-18

GAAbstain

A/RES/3022(XXVII)

Channels of communication with youth and international youth organizations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-18

GAAbstain

A/RES/3017(XXVII)

Outflow of trained personnel from developing to developed countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/3012(XXVII)

Assistance in narcotics control : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-18

GAAbstain

A/RES/3009(XXVII)

Employment of women in senior and other professional positions by the secretariats of organizations in the United Nations system : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/3034(XXVII)

Measures to prevent international terrorism which endangers or takes innocent human lives or jeopardizes fundamental freedoms, and study of the underlying causes of those forms of terrorism and acts of violence which lie in misery, frustration, grievance and despair and which cause some people to sacrifice human lives, including their own, in an attempt to effect radical changes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/3028(XXVII)

United Nations conference for an international convention on adoption law : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/3019(XXVII)

United Nations fund for Population Activities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-18

GAAbstain

A/RES/3018(XXVII)

The problem of mass poverty and unemployment in developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/3030(XXVII)

United Nations Fund for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/3029(XXVII)[B]

Reservation exclusively for peaceful purposes of the sea-bed and the ocean floor, and the subsoil thereof, underlying the high seas beyond the limits of present national jurisdiction and use of their resources in the interests of mankind, and convening of a Conference on the law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/3011(XXVII)

Capital punishment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-18

GAAbstain

A/RES/3029(XXVII)[C]

Reservation exclusively for peaceful purposes of the sea-bed and the ocean floor, and the subsoil thereof, underlying the high seas beyond the limits of present national jurisdiction and use of their resources in the interests of mankind, and convening of a Conference on the law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-18

GAAbstain

A/RES/3013(XXVII)

International instruments relating to drug abuse control : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-18

GAAbstain

A/RES/2996(XXVII)

International responsibility of States in regard to the environment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-15

GAAbstain

A/RES/3005(XXVII)

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 · 1972-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/2993(XXVII)

Implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/2992(XXVII)

Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a zone of peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-15

GAAbstain

A/RES/2991(XXVII)

Report of the Security Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/2984(XXVII)

Question of American Samoa, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands , Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Guam, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Pitcairn, St. Helena, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and United States Virgin Islands : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/2978(XXVII)

Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/2980(XXVII)

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/2987(XXVII)

Question of Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/2986(XXVII)

Question of Niue and the Tokelau Islands : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/2985(XXVII)

Question of the Seychelles : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/2983(XXVII)

Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/2981(XXVII)

United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/2979(XXVII)

Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia, Namibia and Territories under Portuguese domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, appartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/2961(XXVII)[D]

Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-13

GAAbstain

A/RES/2961(XXVII)[C]

Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-13

GAAbstain

A/RES/2923(XXVII)[F]

International Conference of Trade Unions against Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/2963(XXVII)[C]

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/2961(XXVII)[B]

Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-13

GANo

A/RES/2963(XXVII)[E]

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/2963(XXVII)[D]

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/2961(XXVII)[A]

Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/2959(XXVII)

Assistance in cases of natural disaster and other disaster situations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/2955(XXVII)

Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/2949(XXVII)

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-12-08

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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