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/485(1981)

Security Council resolution 485 (1981) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1981-05-22

SCYes

S/RES/484(1980)

Security Council resolution 484 (1980) [on expulsion by Israel of the Mayors of Hebron and Halhoul] · 1980-12-19

SCYes

S/RES/483(1980)

Security Council resolution 483 (1980) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1980-12-17

SCAbstain

S/RES/482(1980)

Security Council resolution 482 (1980) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1980-12-11

SCYes

S/RES/481(1980)

Security Council resolution 481 (1980) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1980-11-26

SCYes

S/RES/480(1980)

Security Council resolution 480 (1980) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1980-11-12

SCYes

S/RES/479(1980)

Security Council resolution 479 (1980) [calling upon Iran and Iraq to refrain immediately from any further use of force and to accept any appropriate offer of mediation] · 1980-09-28

SCYes

S/RES/478(1980)

Security Council resolution 478 (1980) [on the status of Jerusalem] · 1980-08-20

SCYes

S/RES/477(1980)

Security Council resolution 477 (1980) [on admission of Zimbabwe to membership in the United Nations] · 1980-07-30

SCYes

S/RES/476(1980)

Security Council resolution 476 (1980) [on the status of Jerusalem] · 1980-06-30

SCYes

S/RES/475(1980)

Security Council resolution 475 (1980) [on policies of South Africa towards Angola] · 1980-06-27

SCYes

S/RES/474(1980)

Security Council resolution 474 (1980) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1980-06-17

SCAbstain

S/RES/473(1980)

Security Council resolution 473 (1980) [calling upon South Africa to take measures to eliminate the policy of apartheid and grant to all South African citizens equal rights] · 1980-06-13

SCYes

S/RES/472(1980)

Security Council resolution 472 (1980) [extending the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1980-06-13

SCYes

S/RES/471(1980)

Security Council resolution 471 (1980) [on assassination attempts against the Mayors of Nablus, Ramallah and Al Bireh] · 1980-06-05

SCYes

S/RES/470(1980)

Security Council resolution 470 (1980) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1980-05-30

SCYes

S/RES/469(1980)

Security Council resolution 469 (1980) [on deportation of Palestinian leaders from territories occupied by Israel] · 1980-05-20

SCYes

S/RES/468(1980)

Security Council resolution 468 (1980) [on deportation of Palestinian leaders from territories occupied by Israel] · 1980-05-08

SCYes

S/RES/467(1980)

Security Council resolution 467 (1980) [condemning the deliberate shelling of the headquarters of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1980-04-24

SCAbstain

S/RES/466(1980)

Security Council resolution 466 (1980) [on South Africa's military actions against Zambia] · 1980-04-11

SCYes

S/RES/465(1980)

Security Council resolution 465 (1980) [on Israeli settlement policies in the occupied territories] · 1980-03-01

SCYes

S/RES/464(1980)

Security Council resolution 464 (1980) [on admission of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to membership in the United Nations] · 1980-02-19

SCYes

S/RES/463(1980)

Security Council resolution 463 (1980) [calling upon United Kingdom to create conditions in Southern Rhodesia which will ensure free and fair elections] · 1980-02-02

SCYes

S/RES/462(1980)

Security Council resolution 462 (1980) [deciding to call an emergency special session of the General Assembly on the Afghanistan situation] · 1980-01-09

SCNo

S/RES/461(1979)

Security Council resolution 461 (1979) [on detention of persons of United States nationality in Iran] · 1979-12-31

SCAbstain

S/RES/460(1979)

Security Council resolution 460 (1979) [on the termination of sanctions against Southern Rhodesia] · 1979-12-21

SCAbstain

S/RES/459(1979)

Security Council resolution 459 (1979) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1979-12-19

SCAbstain

S/RES/458(1979)

Security Council resolution 458 (1979) [extending the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1979-12-14

SCYes

S/RES/457(1979)

Security Council resolution 457 (1979) [on diplomatic relations between Iran and the United States] · 1979-12-04

SCYes

S/RES/456(1979)

Security Council resolution 456 (1979) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1979-11-30

SCYes

S/RES/455(1979)

Security Council resolution 455 (1979) [on Southern Rhodesia's policies towards Zambia] · 1979-11-23

SCYes

S/RES/454(1979)

Security Council resolution 454 (1979) [on South Africa's policies towards Angola and other front-line States] · 1979-11-02

SCYes

S/RES/453(1979)

Security Council resolution 453 (1979) [on admission of Saint Lucia to membership in the United Nations] · 1979-09-12

SCYes

S/RES/452(1979)

Security Council resolution 452 (1979) [on Israeli settlement policies in the occupied territories] · 1979-07-20

SCYes

S/RES/451(1979)

Security Council resolution 451 (1979) [extending the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1979-06-15

SCYes

S/RES/450(1979)

Security Council resolution 450 (1979) [renewing the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1979-06-14

SCAbstain

S/RES/449(1979)

Security Council resolution 449 (1979) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1979-05-30

SCYes

S/RES/448(1979)

Security Council resolution 448 (1979) [reaffirming the April 1979 elections and the results thereof in Southern Rhodesia to be null and void] · 1979-04-30

SCYes

S/RES/447(1979)

Security Council resolution 447 (1979) [on South Africa's policies towards Angola and other front-line States] · 1979-03-28

SCYes

S/RES/446(1979)

Security Council resolution 446 (1979) [on establishment of a commission to examine the situation relating to settlements in the Arab territories occupied by Israel] · 1979-03-22

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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