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/45(1948)

Security Council resolution 45 (1948) [on admission of Burma (Myanmar) to membership in the United Nations] · 1948-04-10

SCYes

S/RES/43(1948)

Security Council resolution 43 (1948) [calling for an immediate truce in Palestine] · 1948-04-01

SCYes

S/RES/44(1948)

Security Council resolution 44 (1948) [on requesting a special session of the General Assembly to discuss the future government of Palestine] · 1948-04-01

SCAbstain

S/RES/42(1948)

Security Council resolution 42 (1948) [on implementation of General Assembly resolution 181 (II) on the question of Palestine] · 1948-03-05

SCYes

S/RES/40(1948)

Security Council resolution 40 (1948) [on political developments in western Java and Madura, Indonesia] · 1948-02-28

SCAbstain

S/RES/41(1948)

Security Council resolution 41 (1948) [on the signing of the Truce Agreement by the Netherlands and Indonesia] · 1948-02-28

SCAbstain

S/RES/39(1948)

Security Council resolution 39 (1948) [establishing a Commission on the India-Pakistan question] · 1948-01-20

SCAbstain

S/RES/38(1948)

Security Council resolution 38 (1948) [requesting India and Pakistan to take measures to improve the situation in Kashmir] · 1948-01-17

SCAbstain

S/RES/37(1947)

Security Council resolution 37 (1947) [on inclusion of revised rules in the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council] · 1947-12-09

SCNon-voting

S/RES/36(1947)

Security Council resolution 36 (1947) [on an arrangement which will ensure the observance of the cease-fire in Indonesia] · 1947-11-01

SCAbstain

S/RES/35(1947)

Security Council resolution 35 (1947) [concerning the Committee of Good Offices on the Indonesian question] · 1947-10-03

SCAbstain

S/RES/34(1947)

Security Council resolution 34 (1947) [on removal of the Greek question from the list of matters of which the Council is seized] · 1947-09-15

SCNo

S/RES/33(1947)

Security Council resolution 33 (1947) [on the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council] · 1947-08-27

SCYes

S/RES/32(1947)

Security Council resolution 32 (1947) [concerning continued military operations in Indonesia] · 1947-08-26

SCYes

S/RES/30(1947)

Security Council resolution 30 (1947) [on the cease-fire between Indonesia and the Netherlands] · 1947-08-25

SCAbstain

S/RES/31(1947)

Security Council resolution 31 (1947) [on the Security Council Committee of Good Offices on the Indonesian question] · 1947-08-25

SCAbstain

S/RES/29(1947)

Security Council resolution 29 (1947) [on admission of Yemen and Pakistan to membership in the United Nations] · 1947-08-21

SCYes

S/RES/28(1947)

Security Council resolution 28 (1947) [on appointment of a subcommittee of the representatives of the delegations which have submitted proposals on the Greek question] · 1947-08-06

SCAbstain

S/RES/27(1947)

Security Council resolution 27 (1947) [calling upon the Netherlands and Indonesia to cease hostilities] · 1947-08-01

SCYes

S/RES/26(1947)

Security Council resolution 26 (1947) [on the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council] · 1947-06-04

SCYes

S/RES/25(1947)

Security Council resolution 25 (1947) [on referring to the Committee on the Admission of New Members the application of Italy to membership in the United Nations] · 1947-05-22

SCYes

S/RES/24(1947)

Security Council resolution 24 (1947) [referring to the Committee on the Admission of New Members the application of Hungary to membership in the United Nations] · 1947-04-30

SCYes

S/RES/23(1947)

Security Council resolution 23 (1947) [on the Commission of Investigation established by Security Council resolution 15 (1946) on the Greek question] · 1947-04-18

SCAbstain

S/RES/22(1947)

Security Council resolution 22 (1947) [on incidents in the Corfu Channel) · 1947-04-09

SCAbstain

S/RES/21(1947)

Security Council resolution 21 (1947) [on the Trusteeship Agreement for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands] · 1947-04-02

SCYes

S/RES/20(1947)

Security Council resolution 20 (1947) [on international control of atomic energy] · 1947-03-10

SCYes

S/RES/19(1947)

Security Council resolution 19 (1947) [on incidents in the Corfu Channel] · 1947-02-27

SCAbstain

S/RES/18(1947)

Security Council resolution 18 (1947) [on regulation and reduction of armaments] · 1947-02-13

SCAbstain

S/RES/17(1947)

Security Council resolution 17 (1947) [requesting postponement of the execution of persons sentenced by the Greek Government] · 1947-02-10

SCAbstain

S/RES/16(1947)

Security Council resolution 16 (1947) [on approval of the statute of the Free Territory of Trieste, Italy] · 1947-01-10

SCYes

S/RES/15(1946)

Security Council resolution 15 (1946) [on establishment of the Commission of Investigation on the Greek question] · 1946-12-19

SCYes

S/RES/14(1946)

Security Council resolution 14 (1946) [on the term of office of Presidency of the Security Council] · 1946-12-16

SCAbstain

S/RES/13(1946)

Security Council resolution 13 (1946) [on admission of Siam (Thailand) to membership in the United Nations] · 1946-12-12

SCYes

S/RES/12(1946)

Security Council resolution 12 (1946) [on border incidents between Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia] · 1946-12-10

SCYes

S/RES/11(1946)

Security Council resolution 11 (1946) [on the conditions under which Switzerland might become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice] · 1946-11-15

SCNon-voting

S/RES/10(1946)

Security Council resolution 10 (1946) [on removing the Spanish question from the list of matters of which the Council is seized] · 1946-11-04

SCYes

S/RES/9(1946)

Security Council resolution 9 (1946) [on the International Court of Justice] · 1946-10-15

SCYes

S/RES/8(1946)

Security Council resolution 8 (1946) [on admission of Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden to membership in the United Nations] · 1946-08-29

SCYes

S/RES/7(1946)

Security Council resolution 7 (1946) [deciding to keep the situation in Spain under observation] · 1946-06-26

SCNon-voting

S/RES/6(1946)

Security Council resolution 6 (1946) [on procedures for admission of new members to the United Nations] · 1946-05-17

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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