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.

0%50%100%1946195019601970198019901991
USAFRAGBRCHN

A/RES/740(VIII)

Evidence of existence of forced labour : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-12-07

GANo

A/RES/804(VIII)

Question of atrocities committed by the North Korean and Chinese Communist forces against United Nations prisoners of war in Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-12-03

GANo

A/RES/749(VIII)[B]

Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-11-28

GAYes

A/RES/749(VIII)[A]

Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-11-28

GAAbstain

A/RES/748(VIII)

Cessation of the transmission of information under Article 73 e of the Charter in respect of Puerto Rico : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-11-27

GANo

A/RES/719(VIII)

Treatment of people of Indian origin in the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-11-11

GAYes

A/RES/729(VIII)

Technical assistance in promoting and safeguarding the rights of women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-10-23

GAYes

A/RES/731(VIII)

Development of political rights of women in Territories where these rights are not fully enjoyed : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-10-23

GAYes

A/RES/706(VII)

Question of impartial investigation of charges of use by United Nations Forces of bacteriological warfare : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-04-23

GANo

A/RES/620(VII)[A]

Admission of new Members : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-21

GANo

A/RES/656(VII)

Hearing of petitioners from the Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/626(VII)

Right to exploit freely natural wealth and resources : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/624(VII)

Migration and economic development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/623(VII)

Financing of economic development through the establishment of fair and equitable international prices for primary commodities and through the execution of national programmes of integrated economic development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/620(VII)[B]

Admission of new Members : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-21

GANo

A/RES/640(VII)

Convention on the Political Rights of Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/652(VII)

The Ewe and Togoland unification problem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/612(VII)

The question of Morocco : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-19

GAAbstain

A/RES/637(VII)[A]

The right of peoples and nations to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/648(VII)

Factors which should be taken into account in deciding whether a Territory is or is not a Territory whose people have not yet attained a full measure of self-government : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-10

GAYes

A/RES/616(VII)[B]

The question of race conflict in South Africa resulting from the policies of apartheid of the Government of the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-05

GAAbstain

A/RES/615(VII)

Treatment of people of Indian origin in the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/616(VII)[A]

The question of race conflict in South Africa resulting from the policies of apartheid of the Government of the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/610(VII)

Korea : reports of the United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-03

GANo

A/RES/697(VII)

Application of Japan for membership in the International Civil Aviation Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-11-06

GAAbstain

A/RES/609(VII)[A]

Credentials of representatives to the 7th session of the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-10-25

GANo

A/RES/507(VI)

The problem of the independence of Korea : report of the United Nations Commission for the Unification and rehabilitation of Korea; Relief and rehabilitation of Korea : report of the United Nations Agent General for Korean Reconstruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-02-05

GANo

A/RES/532(VI)[A]

Commission on the Status of Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-02-04

GAYes

A/RES/532(VI)[B]

Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-02-04

GAYes

A/RES/505(VI)

Threats to the political independence and territorial integrity of China and to the peace of the Far East, resulting from Soviet violations of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance of 14 August 1945 and from Soviet violations of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-02-01

GANo

A/RES/570(VI)[B]

Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-01-19

GAYes

A/RES/570(VI)[A]

Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-01-19

GANo

A/RES/558(VI)

Attainment by the Trust Territories of the objective of self-government : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-01-18

GAYes

A/RES/511(VI)

Treatment of people of Indian origin in the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-01-12

GAYes

A/RES/503(VI)[B]

Methods which might be used to maintain and strengthen international peace and security in accordance with the Purposes and Principles of the Charter : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-01-12

GAYes

A/RES/520(VI)[A]

Financing of economic development of under-developed countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-01-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/503(VI)[A]

Methods which might be used to maintain and strengthen international peace and security in accordance with the Purposes and Principles of the Charter : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-01-12

GANo

A/RES/510(VI)

Appointment of an impartial international commission under United Nations supervision to carry out a simultaneous investigation in the Federal Republic of Germany, in Berlin, and in the Soviet Zone of Germany in order to determine whether existing conditions there make it possible to hold genuinely free elections throughout these areas : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1951-12-20

GANo

A/RES/550(VI)

Question of the full participation of Italy in the work of the Trusteeship Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1951-12-07

GANo

A/RES/500(V)

Additional measures to be employed to meet the aggression in Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1951-05-18

GANon-voting

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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