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/405(1977)

Security Council resolution 405 (1977) [condemning the armed aggression against Benin of 16 January 1977] · 1977-04-14

SCYes

S/RES/404(1977)

Security Council resolution 404 (1977) [on the United Nations special mission to Benin] · 1977-02-08

SCYes

S/RES/403(1977)

Security Council resolution 403 (1977) [on Southern Rhodesia's acts of provocation against Botswana] · 1977-01-14

SCYes

S/RES/402(1976)

Security Council resolution 402 (1976) [on South Africa's closure of border posts between Lesotho and South Africa] · 1976-12-22

SCYes

S/RES/401(1976)

Security Council resolution 401 (1976) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1976-12-14

SCYes

S/RES/400(1976)

Security Council resolution 400 (1976) [on appointment of Kurt Waldheim as Secretary-General of the United Nations] · 1976-12-07

SCYes

S/RES/399(1976)

Security Council resolution 399 (1976) [on admission of Samoa to membership in the United Nations] · 1976-12-01

SCYes

S/RES/398(1976)

Security Council resolution 398 (1976) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1976-11-30

SCYes

S/RES/397(1976)

Security Council resolution 397 (1976) [on admission of Angola to membership in the United Nations] · 1976-11-22

SCYes

S/RES/396(1976)

Security Council resolution 396 (1976) [on renewal of the mandate of UNEF] · 1976-10-22

SCYes

S/RES/395(1976)

Security Council resolution 395 (1976) [on disputes between Greece and Turkey in relation to the Aegean Sea] · 1976-08-25

SCYes

S/RES/394(1976)

Security Council resolution 394 (1976) [on admission of Seychelles to membership in the United Nations] · 1976-08-16

SCYes

S/RES/393(1976)

Security Council resolution 393 (1976) [on South Africa's military activities against Zambia] · 1976-07-30

SCYes

S/RES/392(1976)

Security Council resolution 392 (1976) [on killings and violence by the South African apartheid régime in Soweto and other areas] · 1976-06-19

SCNon-voting

S/RES/391(1976)

Security Council resolution 391 (1976) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1976-06-15

SCYes

S/RES/390(1976)

Security Council resolution 390 (1976) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1976-05-28

SCYes

S/RES/389(1976)

Security Council resolution 389 (1976) [on the East Timor question] · 1976-04-22

SCYes

S/RES/388(1976)

Security Council resolution 388 (1976) [on the expansion of sanctions against Southern Rhodesia] · 1976-04-06

SCYes

S/RES/387(1976)

Security Council resolution 387 (1976) [on South Africa's military activities against Angola] · 1976-03-31

SCYes

S/RES/386(1976)

Security Council resolution 386 (1976) [on Mozambique's decision to impose sanctions against Southern Rhodesia] · 1976-03-17

SCYes

S/RES/385(1976)

Security Council resolution 385 (1976) [on elections in Namibia and the transfer of powers to Namibians] · 1976-01-30

SCYes

S/RES/384(1975)

Security Council resolution 384 (1975) [on the East Timor question] · 1975-12-22

SCYes

S/RES/383(1975)

Security Council resolution 383 (1975) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1975-12-13

SCYes

S/RES/382(1975)

Security Council resolution 382 (1975) [on admission of Suriname to membership in the United Nations] · 1975-12-01

SCYes

S/RES/381(1975)

Security Council resolution 381 (1975) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1975-11-30

SCYes

S/RES/380(1975)

Security Council resolution 380 (1975) [calling upon Morocco to withdraw its troops from Western Sahara] · 1975-11-06

SCYes

S/RES/379(1975)

Security Council resolution 379 (1975) [urging the parties concerned to avoid unilateral action which might further escalate the tension in Western Sahara] · 1975-11-02

SCYes

S/RES/378(1975)

Security Council resolution 378 (1975) [on renewal of the mandate of UNEF] · 1975-10-23

SCYes

S/RES/377(1975)

Security Council resolution 377 (1975) [requesting the Secretary-General to enter into consultations with the parties concerned on the Western Sahara question] · 1975-10-22

SCYes

S/RES/376(1975)

Security Council resolution 376 (1975) [on admission of Comoros to membership in the United Nations] · 1975-10-17

SCYes

S/RES/375(1975)

Security Council resolution 375 (1975) [on admission of Papua New Guinea to membership in the United Nations] · 1975-09-22

SCYes

S/RES/374(1975)

Security Council resolution 374 (1975) [on admission of Mozambique to membership in the United Nations] · 1975-08-18

SCYes

S/RES/373(1975)

Security Council resolution 373 (1975) [on admission of Sao Tome and Principe to membership in the United Nations] · 1975-08-18

SCYes

S/RES/372(1975)

Security Council resolution 372 (1975) [on admission of Cape Verde to membership in the United Nations] · 1975-08-18

SCYes

S/RES/371(1975)

Security Council resolution 371 (1975) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Emergency Force] · 1975-07-24

SCYes

S/RES/370(1975)

Security Council resolution 370 (1975) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1975-06-13

SCYes

S/RES/369(1975)

Security Council resolution 369 (1975) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1975-05-28

SCYes

S/RES/368(1975)

Security Council resolution 368 (1975) [on renewal of the mandate of UNEF] · 1975-04-17

SCYes

S/RES/367(1975)

Security Council resolution 367 (1975) [requesting the Secretary-General to undertake a new mission of good offices in Cyprus] · 1975-03-12

SCYes

S/RES/366(1974)

Security Council resolution 366 (1974) [demanding that South Africa transfer power to the people of Namibia] · 1974-12-17

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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