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/565(1985)

Security Council resolution 565 (1985) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1985-06-14

SCYes

S/RES/564(1985)

Security Council resolution 564 (1985) [on humanitarian assistance to civilian persons in Lebanon] · 1985-05-31

SCYes

S/RES/563(1985)

Security Council resolution 563 (1985) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1985-05-21

SCYes

S/RES/562(1985)

Security Council resolution 562 (1985) [on the situation in Nicaragua] · 1985-05-10

SCYes

S/RES/561(1985)

Security Council resolution 561 (1985) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1985-04-17

SCAbstain

S/RES/560(1985)

Security Council resolution 560 (1985) [condemning the arbitrary arrests of members of the United Democratic Front in South Africa] · 1985-03-12

SCYes

S/RES/559(1984)

Security Council resolution 559 (1984) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1984-12-14

SCYes

S/RES/558(1984)

Security Council resolution 558 (1984) [on arms embargo against South Africa] · 1984-12-13

SCYes

S/RES/557(1984)

Security Council resolution 557 (1984) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1984-11-28

SCYes

S/RES/556(1984)

Security Council resolution 556 (1984) [demanding the immediate eradication of apartheid] · 1984-10-23

SCYes

S/RES/555(1984)

Security Council resolution 555 (1984) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1984-10-12

SCAbstain

S/RES/554(1984)

Security Council resolution 554 (1984) <on the "new constitution" of South Africa> · 1984-08-17

SCYes

S/RES/553(1984)

Security Council resolution 553 (1984) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1984-06-15

SCYes

S/RES/552(1984)

Security Council resolution 552 (1984) [on attacks on commercial ships in the Gulf region] · 1984-06-01

SCYes

S/RES/551(1984)

Security Council resolution 551 (1984) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1984-05-30

SCYes

S/RES/550(1984)

Security Council resolution 550 (1984) [on secessionist actions in Cyprus] · 1984-05-11

SCYes

S/RES/549(1984)

Security Council resolution 549 (1984) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1984-04-19

SCAbstain

S/RES/548(1984)

Security Council resolution 548 (1984) [on admission of Brunei Darussalam to membership in the United Nations] · 1984-02-24

SCYes

S/RES/547(1984)

Security Council resolution 547 (1984) [on death sentence imposed on Malesela Benjamin Moloise] · 1984-01-13

SCYes

S/RES/546(1984)

Security Council resolution 546 (1984) [on South Africa's military attacks on Angola] · 1984-01-06

SCYes

S/RES/545(1983)

Security Council resolution 545 (1983) [on South Africa's occupation of Angolan territory] · 1983-12-20

SCYes

S/RES/544(1983)

Security Council resolution 544 (1983) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1983-12-15

SCYes

S/RES/543(1983)

Security Council resolution 543 (1983) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1983-11-29

SCYes

S/RES/542(1983)

Security Council resolution 542 (1983) [on the situation in northern Lebanon] · 1983-11-23

SCYes

S/RES/541(1983)

Security Council resolution 541 (1983) [on declaration by the Turkish Cypriot community of its secession from Cyprus] · 1983-11-18

SCYes

S/RES/540(1983)

Security Council resolution 540 (1983) [on the situation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq] · 1983-10-31

SCYes

S/RES/539(1983)

Security Council resolution 539 (1983) [rejecting South Africa's insistence on linking the independence of Namibia to irrelevant and extraneous issues as incompatible with resolution 435 (1978)] · 1983-10-28

SCYes

S/RES/538(1983)

Security Council resolution 538 (1983) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1983-10-18

SCAbstain

S/RES/537(1983)

Security Council resolution 537 (1983) [on admission of Saints Kitts and Nevis to membership in the United Nations] · 1983-09-22

SCYes

S/RES/536(1983)

Security Council resolution 536 (1983) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1983-07-18

SCAbstain

S/RES/535(1983)

Security Council resolution 535 (1983) [on UN Mission to Lesotho] · 1983-06-29

SCYes

S/RES/534(1983)

Security Council resolution 534 (1983) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Forces in Cyprus] · 1983-06-15

SCYes

S/RES/533(1983)

Security Council resolution 533 (1983) [on death sentences imposed on 3 members of the African National Congress] · 1983-06-07

SCYes

S/RES/532(1983)

Security Council resolution 532 (1983) [on implementation of Security Council resolution 435 (1978) on the Namibia question] · 1983-05-31

SCYes

S/RES/531(1983)

Security Council resolution 531 (1983) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1983-05-26

SCYes

S/RES/530(1983)

Security Council resolution 530 (1983) [on the situation in Central America] · 1983-05-19

SCYes

S/RES/529(1983)

Security Council resolution 529 (1983) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1983-01-18

SCAbstain

S/RES/528(1982)

Security Council resolution 528 (1982) [on inclusion of Arabic among the official and working languages of the Security Council] · 1982-12-21

SCYes

S/RES/527(1982)

Security Council resolution 527 (1982) [on South Africa's military actions against Lesotho] · 1982-12-15

SCYes

S/RES/526(1982)

Security Council resolution 526 (1982) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1982-12-14

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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