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.

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USAFRAGBRCHN

A/RES/43/50K

Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa : concerted international action for the elimination of apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/43/50H

Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa : dissemination of information against the policies of apartheid of the regime of racist South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/43/50E

Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa : relations between South Africa and Israel : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/43/50J

Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa : oil embargo against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/43/50B

Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa : military collaboration with South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/43/50A

Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa : international solidarity with the liberation struggle in South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/43/50F

Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa : programme of work of the Special Committee against Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/43/50C

Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa : comprehensive and mandatory sanctions against the racist regime of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/43/49

Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/43/48

Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-30

GAYes

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

A/RES/43/28

Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-22

GAYes

A/RES/43/45

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-22

GAYes

A/RES/43/47

International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-22

GAYes

A/RES/43/33

Question of Western Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-22

GAYes

A/RES/43/30

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-22

GAYes

A/RES/43/46

Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-22

GAYes

A/RES/43/29

Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Namibia and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-22

GAYes

A/RES/43/26B

Question of Namibia : implementation of Security Council resolution 435 (1978) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-17

GAYes

A/RES/43/26A

Question of Namibia : the situation in Namibia resulting from illegal occupation of the territory by South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-17

GAYes

A/RES/43/26E

Question of Namibia : UN Fund for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-17

GAYes

A/RES/43/26C

Question of Namibia : programme of work of the UN Council for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-17

GAYes

A/RES/43/25

Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-17

GAYes

A/RES/43/26D

Question of Namibia : dissemination of information and mobilization of international public opinion in support of the immediate independence of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-17

GAYes

A/RES/43/23

Zone of peace and co-operation of the South Atlantic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-14

GAYes

A/RES/43/22

Right of peoples to peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-11

GAYes

A/RES/43/21

The uprising (intifadah) of the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-03

GAYes

A/RES/43/19

The situation in Kampuchea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-03

GANo

A/RES/43/18

Law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-01

GAYes

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

A/RES/43/13

Pretoria's racial "municipal elections" : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-10-26

GAYes

A/RES/43/14

Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-10-26

GAYes

A/RES/43/11

Judgment of the International Court of Justice of 27 June 1986 concerning military and paramilitary activities in and against Nicaragua : need for immediate compliance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-10-25

GAYes

A/RES/43/12

Co-operation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-10-25

GAYes

A/RES/43/3

Co-operation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-10-17

GAYes

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

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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