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/85(1950)

Security Council resolution 85 (1950) [on international relief for Korea] · 1950-07-31

SCNon-voting

S/RES/84(1950)

Security Council resolution 84 (1950) [on the Korean question and a unified command under the United States] · 1950-07-07

SCNon-voting

S/RES/83(1950)

Security Council resolution 83 (1950) [on assistance to the Republic of Korea] · 1950-06-27

SCNon-voting

S/RES/82(1950)

Security Council resolution 82 (1950) [calling upon the North Korean authorities to withdraw their armed forces to the 38th parallel] · 1950-06-25

SCNon-voting

S/RES/81(1950)

Security Council resolution 81 (1950) [on appointment of a rapporteur or conciliator for a situation or dispute brought to the attention of the Security Council] · 1950-05-24

SCNon-voting

S/RES/80(1950)

Security Council resolution 80 (1950) [deciding to appoint a UN Representative for India and Pakistan and to terminate the UN Commission for India and Pakistan] · 1950-03-14

SCNon-voting

S/RES/79(1950)

Security Council resolution 79 (1950) [on regulation and general reduction of conventional armaments and armed forces] · 1950-01-17

SCNon-voting

S/RES/78(1949)

Security Council resolution 78 (1949) [on transmission of proposals and records concerning implementation of General Assembly resolution 192 (111) on regulation and reduction of armaments to the General Assembly] · 1949-10-18

SCAbstain

S/RES/77(1949)

Security Council resolution 77 (1949) [on transmission of the report of the Commission for Conventional Armaments to the General Assembly] · 1949-10-11

SCAbstain

S/RES/76(1949)

Security Council resolution 76 (1949) [on future costs of UN military observers in Indonesia] · 1949-10-05

SCAbstain

S/RES/75(1949)

Security Council resolution 75 (1949) [on travelling expenses and subsistence allowance of alternate representatives on certain Security Council commissions] · 1949-09-27

SCAbstain

S/RES/74(1949)

Security Council resolution 74 (1949) [on transmission of resolutions on atomic energy to the General Assembly] · 1949-09-16

SCAbstain

S/RES/72(1949)

Security Council resolution 72 (1949) [on a tribute to the Mediator and to the Acting Mediator in Palestine] · 1949-08-11

SCNon-voting

S/RES/73(1949)

Security Council resolution 73 (1949) [on the Armistice Agreements and the Palestine question] · 1949-08-11

SCAbstain

S/RES/71(1949)

Security Council resolution 71 (1949) [on conditions under which Liechtenstein might become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice] · 1949-07-27

SCAbstain

S/RES/70(1949)

Security Council resolution 70 (1949) [on the Trusteeship Council] · 1949-03-07

SCAbstain

S/RES/69(1949)

Security Council resolution 69 (1949) [on admission of Israel to membership in the United Nations] · 1949-03-04

SCYes

S/RES/68(1949)

Security Council resolution 68 (1949) [on transmission of General Assembly resolution 192 (111) to the Commission for Conventional Armaments] · 1949-02-10

SCAbstain

S/RES/67(1949)

Security Council resolution 67 (1949) [on the change of name of the Committee of Good Offices to United Nations Commission for Indonesia] · 1949-01-28

SCYes

S/RES/66(1948)

Security Council resolution 66 (1948) [calling for an immediate cease-fire and facilitation of the supervision of the truce in Palestine] · 1948-12-29

SCAbstain

S/RES/65(1948)

Security Council resolution 65 (1948) [requesting consular representatives in Batavia to send a report on the situation in Indonesia] · 1948-12-28

SCAbstain

S/RES/64(1948)

Security Council resolution 64 (1948) [calling for the release of the President of Indonesia and of other political prisoners] · 1948-12-28

SCYes

S/RES/63(1948)

Security Council resolution 63 (1948) [calling for the release of the President of Indonesia and of other political prisoners] · 1948-12-24

SCAbstain

S/RES/62(1948)

Security Council resolution 62 (1948) [on an armistice in all sectors of Palestine] · 1948-11-16

SCYes

S/RES/61(1948)

Security Council resolution 61 (1948) [calling upon interested Governments to withdraw forces that advanced beyond positions held on 14 Oct. 1948 and to establish truce lines and demilitarized zones] · 1948-11-04

SCAbstain

S/RES/60(1948)

Security Council resolution 60 (1948) [on establishment of a subcommittee to consider amendments and revisions to the revised draft resolution contained in document S/1059/Rev.2 on the question of Palestine] · 1948-10-29

SCAbstain

S/RES/59(1948)

Security Council resolution 59 (1948) [on investigation of the assassination of the UN Mediator in Palestine] · 1948-10-19

SCYes

S/RES/58(1948)

Security Council resolution 58 (1948) [on conditions under which a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice that is not a Member of the UN may participate in electing Members of the International Court of Justice] · 1948-09-28

SCYes

S/RES/57(1948)

Security Council resolution 57 (1948) [on the death of the UN Mediator in Palestine, Count Folke Bernadotte] · 1948-09-18

SCYes

S/RES/56(1948)

Security Council resolution 56 (1948) [on the situation in Jerusalem] · 1948-08-19

SCYes

S/RES/55(1948)

Security Council resolution 55 (1948) [calling upon the Netherlands and Indonesia to maintain strict observance of the Renville Truce Agreement] · 1948-07-29

SCAbstain

S/RES/54(1948)

Security Council resolution 54 (1948) [calling on all Governments and authorities to cooperate with the Mediator to maintain peace in Palestine] · 1948-07-15

SCAbstain

S/RES/53(1948)

Security Council resolution 53 (1948) [appealing to all parties for prolongation of the truce in Palestine] · 1948-07-07

SCAbstain

S/RES/52(1948)

Security Council resolution 52 (1948) [on international control of atomic energy] · 1948-06-22

SCAbstain

S/RES/51(1948)

Security Council resolution 51 (1948) [directing the UN Commission for India and Pakistan to proceed without delay to the areas of dispute] · 1948-06-03

SCAbstain

S/RES/50(1948)

Security Council resolution 50 (1948) [calling for a cessation of hostilities in Palestine] · 1948-05-29

SCYes

S/RES/49(1948)

Security Council resolution 49 (1948) [on calling for a cease-fire and maintenance of the truce in Jerusalem] · 1948-05-22

SCAbstain

S/RES/48(1948)

Security Council resolution 48 (1948) [on establishment of the UN Truce Commission for Palestine] · 1948-04-23

SCAbstain

S/RES/47(1948)

Security Council resolution 47 (1948) [on restoration of peace and order and the plebiscite in the State of Jammu and Kashmir] · 1948-04-21

SCYes

S/RES/46(1948)

Security Council resolution 46 (1948) [on calling upon all parties to take immediate measures for a truce in Palestine] · 1948-04-17

SCAbstain

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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