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

S/RES/245(1968)

Security Council resolution 245 (1968) [on illegal trials of South West Africans in South Africa] · 1968-01-25

SCNon-voting

S/RES/244(1967)

Security Council resolution 244 (1967) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1967-12-22

SCYes

S/RES/243(1967)

Security Council resolution 243 (1967) [on admission of Democratic Yemen to membership in the United Nations] · 1967-12-12

SCYes

S/RES/242(1967)

Security Council resolution 242 (1967) [on a peaceful and accepted settlement of the Middle East situation] · 1967-11-22

SCYes

S/RES/241(1967)

Security Council resolution 241 (1967) [on the question concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)] · 1967-11-15

SCNon-voting

S/RES/240(1967)

Security Council resolution 240 (1967) [on violation of a cease-fire in the Middle East] · 1967-10-25

SCYes

S/RES/239(1967)

Security Council resolution 239 (1967) [on the recruitment and training of mercenaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo] · 1967-07-10

SCYes

S/RES/238(1967)

Security Council resolution 238 (1967) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1967-06-19

SCYes

S/RES/237(1967)

Security Council resolution 237 (1967) [on treatment of prisoners of war and protection of civilian persons in the Middle East] · 1967-06-14

SCYes

S/RES/236(1967)

Security Council resolution 236 (1967) [on violation of a cease-fire between Israel and Syria] · 1967-06-11

SCYes

S/RES/235(1967)

Security Council resolution 235 (1967) [on a cease-fire between Israel and Syria] · 1967-06-09

SCYes

S/RES/234(1967)

Security Council resolution 234 (1967) [demanding a cease-fire in the Middle East] · 1967-06-07

SCYes

S/RES/233(1967)

Security Council resolution 233 (1967) [on the outbreak of fighting in the Middle East on June 6, 1967] · 1967-06-06

SCYes

S/RES/232(1966)

Security Council resolution 232 (1966) [imposing sanctions on commodities against Southern Rhodesia] · 1966-12-16

SCAbstain

S/RES/231(1966)

Security Council resolution 231 (1966) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1966-12-15

SCYes

S/RES/230(1966)

Security Council resolution 230 (1966) [on admission of Barbados to membership in the United Nations] · 1966-12-07

SCYes

S/RES/229(1966)

Security Council resolution 229 (1966) [on appointment of U Thant as Secretary-General of the United Nations] · 1966-12-02

SCYes

S/RES/228(1966)

Security Council resolution 228 (1966) [on Israeli military actions against Jordan] · 1966-11-25

SCYes

S/RES/227(1966)

Security Council resolution 227 (1966) [recommending extension of the appointment of U Thant as Secretary-General of the United Nations] · 1966-10-28

SCYes

S/RES/226(1966)

Security Council resolution 226 (1966) [calling upon all States not to intervene in the domestic affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo] · 1966-10-14

SCYes

S/RES/224(1966)

Security Council resolution 224 (1966) [on admission of Botswana to membership in the United Nations] · 1966-10-14

SCYes

S/RES/225(1966)

Security Council resolution 225 (1966) [on admission of Lesotho to membership in the United Nations] · 1966-10-14

SCYes

S/RES/223(1966)

Security Council resolution 223 (1966) [on admission of Guyana to membership in the United Nations] · 1966-06-21

SCYes

S/RES/222(1966)

Security Council resolution 222 (1966) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1966-06-16

SCYes

S/RES/221(1966)

Security Council resolution 221 (1966) [on oil embargo against Southern Rhodesia] · 1966-04-09

SCAbstain

S/RES/220(1966)

Security Council resolution 220 (1966) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1966-03-16

SCYes

S/RES/219(1965)

Security Council resolution 219 (1965) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1965-12-17

SCYes

S/RES/218(1965)

Security Council resolution 218 (1965) [on the question of Territories under Portuguese administration] · 1965-11-23

SCYes

S/RES/217(1965)

Security Council resolution 217 (1965) [on the proclamation of independence by the minority régime in Southern Rhodesia] · 1965-11-20

SCYes

S/RES/216(1965)

Security Council resolution 216 (1965) [calling on all States not to recognize the minority régime in Southern Rhodesia] · 1965-11-12

SCYes

S/RES/215(1965)

Security Council resolution 215 (1965) [calling upon India and Pakistan to schedule troop withdrawal] · 1965-11-05

SCAbstain

S/RES/214(1965)

Security Council resolution 214 (1965) [demanding that parties observe the cease-fire and calls for prompt withdrawal of military personnel] · 1965-09-27

SCNon-voting

S/RES/211(1965)

Security Council resolution 211 (1965) [demanding immediate cease-fire and subsequent withdrawal of armed personnel] · 1965-09-20

SCYes

S/RES/213(1965)

Security Council resolution 213 (1965) [on admission of Singapore to membership in the United Nations] · 1965-09-20

SCYes

S/RES/212(1965)

Security Council resolution 212 (1965) [on admission of the Maldives to membership in the United Nations] · 1965-09-20

SCYes

S/RES/210(1965)

Security Council resolution 210 (1965) [requesting strengthening of the UN Military Observer Group in India] · 1965-09-06

SCYes

S/RES/209(1965)

Security Council resolution 209 (1965) [on an immediate cease-fire between India and Pakistan] · 1965-09-04

SCYes

S/RES/208(1965)

Security Council resolution 208 (1965) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1965-08-10

SCYes

S/RES/207(1965)

Security Council resolution 207 (1965) [reaffirming resolution 186 (1964) on the Cyprus question] · 1965-08-10

SCYes

S/RES/206(1965)

Security Council resolution 206 (1965) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1965-06-15

SCYes

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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