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

S/RES/645(1989)

Security Council resolution 645 (1989) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1989-11-29

SCYes

S/RES/644(1989)

Security Council resolution 644 (1989) [on establishment of the UN Observer Group in Central America] · 1989-11-07

SCYes

S/RES/643(1989)

Security Council resolution 643 (1989) [on the holding of free and fair elections in Namibia] · 1989-10-31

SCYes

S/RES/642(1989)

Security Council resolution 642 (1989) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group] · 1989-09-29

SCYes

S/RES/641(1989)

Security Council resolution 641 (1989) [on deportation of Palestinian civilians by Israel from the occupied territories] · 1989-08-30

SCYes

S/RES/640(1989)

Security Council resolution 640 (1989) [on the electoral process in Namibia] · 1989-08-29

SCYes

S/RES/638(1989)

Security Council resolution 638 (1989) [on incidents of hostage-taking and abduction] · 1989-07-31

SCYes

S/RES/639(1989)

Security Council resolution 639 (1989) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1989-07-31

SCYes

S/RES/637(1989)

Security Council resolution 637 (1989) [on the Guatemala Agreement of 1987] · 1989-07-27

SCYes

S/RES/636(1989)

Security Council resolution 636 (1989) [on deportation of 8 Palestinian civilians by Israel from the occupied territories] · 1989-07-06

SCYes

S/RES/635(1989)

Security Council resolution 635 (1989) [on marking of plastic or sheet explosives for the purpose of detection] · 1989-06-14

SCYes

S/RES/634(1989)

Security Council resolution 634 (1989) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1989-06-09

SCYes

S/RES/633(1989)

Security Council resolution 633 (1989) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1989-05-30

SCYes

S/RES/632(1989)

Security Council resolution 632 (1989) [on implementation of the UN Plan for the Independence of Namibia] · 1989-02-16

SCYes

S/RES/631(1989)

Security Council resolution 631 (1989) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group] · 1989-02-08

SCYes

S/RES/630(1989)

Security Council resolution 630 (1989) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1989-01-30

SCYes

S/RES/629(1989)

Security Council resolution 629 (1989) [on settlement of the Namibia question] · 1989-01-16

SCYes

S/RES/628(1989)

Security Council resolution 628 (1989) [on signature of the tripartite agreement between Angola, Cuba and South Africa, and of the bilateral agreement between Angola and Cuba] · 1989-01-16

SCYes

S/RES/627(1989)

Security Council resolution 627 (1989) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1989-01-09

SCYes

S/RES/626(1988)

Security Council resolution 626 (1988) [on establishment of the UN Angola Verification Mission] · 1988-12-20

SCYes

S/RES/625(1988)

Security Council resolution 625 (1988) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1988-12-15

SCYes

S/RES/624(1988)

Security Council resolution 624 (1988) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1988-11-30

SCYes

S/RES/623(1988)

Security Council resolution 623 (1988) [on death sentence imposed on an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa] · 1988-11-23

SCYes

S/RES/622(1988)

Security Council resolution 622 (1988) [on temporary deployment in Afghanistan and Pakistan of military officers from United Nations operations] · 1988-10-31

SCYes

S/RES/621(1988)

Security Council resolution 621 (1988) [on referendum for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara] · 1988-09-20

SCYes

S/RES/620(1988)

Security Council resolution 620 (1988) [on chemical weapons use in the conflict between Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran] · 1988-08-26

SCYes

S/RES/619(1988)

Security Council resolution 619 (1988) [on establishment of the UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group] · 1988-08-09

SCYes

S/RES/618(1988)

Security Council resolution 618 (1988) [on abduction of Lieutenant-Colonel William Richard Higgins of the UN Truce Supervision Organization] · 1988-07-29

SCYes

S/RES/617(1988)

Security Council resolution 617 (1988) [on extension of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1988-07-29

SCYes

S/RES/616(1988)

Security Council resolution 616 (1988) [on the downing of an Iranian airliner by a United States naval vessel] · 1988-07-20

SCYes

S/RES/615(1988)

Security Council resolution 615 (1988) [on death sentences imposed on 6 South Africans] · 1988-06-17

SCYes

S/RES/614(1988)

Security Council resolution 614 (1988) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1988-06-15

SCYes

S/RES/613(1988)

Security Council resolution 613 (1988) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1988-05-31

SCYes

S/RES/612(1988)

Security Council resolution 612 (1988) [on chemical weapons use in the conflict between Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran] · 1988-05-09

SCYes

S/RES/611(1988)

Security Council resolution 611 (1988) [on sovereignty and territorial integrity of Tunisia] · 1988-04-25

SCYes

S/RES/610(1988)

Security Council resolution 610 (1988) [on death sentences imposed on 6 South Africans] · 1988-03-16

SCYes

S/RES/609(1988)

Security Council resolution 609 (1988) [on extension of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1988-01-29

SCYes

S/RES/608(1988)

Security Council resolution 608 (1988) [on the deportation of Palestinian civilians by Israel] · 1988-01-14

SCYes

S/RES/607(1988)

Security Council resolution 607 (1988) [on the deportation of Palestinian civilians from the occupied Arab territories] · 1988-01-05

SCYes

S/RES/606(1987)

Security Council resolution 606 (1987) [on withdrawal of South African military forces from Angola] · 1987-12-23

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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