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%
USA12.7%FRA20.7%RUS0.0%GBR18.5%CHN48.0%

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/44/48A

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 · 1989-12-08

GAYes

A/RES/44/47J

University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-12-08

GAYes

A/RES/44/47H

Revenues derived from Palestine refugees properties : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-12-08

GAYes

A/RES/44/48E

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 · 1989-12-08

GAYes

A/RES/44/48B

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 · 1989-12-08

GAYes

A/RES/44/47A

Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-12-08

GAYes

A/RES/44/43

Judgement of the International Court of Justice of 27 June 1986 concerning military and paramilitary activities in and against Nicaragua : need for immediate compliance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/44/41B

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/44/41C

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/44/42

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/44/41A

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/44/32

Draft Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/44/31

Peaceful settlement of disputes between States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/44/40C

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/44/40A

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/44/40B

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/44/30

Progressive development of the principles and norms of international law relating to the new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/44/27K

Concerted international action for elimination of apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-22

GAYes

A/RES/44/27L

Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-22

GAYes

A/RES/44/27G

Programme of work of the Special Committee against Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-22

GAYes

A/RES/44/27I

Military collaboration with South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-22

GAYes

A/RES/44/27E

International financial pressures on the apartheid economy of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-22

GAYes

A/RES/44/27A

International solidarity with the liberation struggle in South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-22

GAYes

A/RES/44/27F

Relations between South Africa and Israel : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-22

GAYes

A/RES/44/27D

Imposition, co-ordination and strict monitory of measures against racist South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-22

GAYes

A/RES/44/27H

Oil embargo against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-22

GAYes

A/RES/44/27C

Comprehensive and mandatory sanctions against the racist regime of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-22

GAYes

A/RES/44/26

Law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-20

GAYes

A/RES/44/24

African Alternative Framework to Structural Adjustment Programmes for Socio-Economic Recovery and Transformation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-17

GAYes

A/RES/44/22

The situation in Kampuchea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-16

GANo

A/RES/44/20

Zone of peace and co-operation of the South Atlantic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-14

GAYes

A/RES/44/18

Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-06

GAYes

A/RES/44/9

Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-10-18

GAYes

A/RES/44/7

Co-operation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-10-17

GAYes

A/RES/44/2

The uprising (intifadah) of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-10-06

GAYes

A/RES/44/1

Death sentence passed on a South African patriot : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-09-28

GAYes

A/RES/43/233

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-04-20

GAYes

A/RES/43/228

Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/43/222B

Status of Committee on Conferences : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/43/229

Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-21

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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