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/41/60H

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : UN programme of fellowships on disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/58C

CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL (BIOLOGICAL) WEAPONS · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/55A

Implementation of the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/53

Prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/51

Conclusion of effective international arrangements on the strengthening of the security of non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/75

Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/69G

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : population and refugees displaced since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/69E

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/69A

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANon-voting

A/RES/41/56

Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/47

Urgent need for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/46B

Cessation of all nuclear-test explosions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/44A

Financing of the UN Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/69J

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : Palestine refugees in the West Bank : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/69F

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resumption of the ration distribution : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/63D

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/60I

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : implementation of General Assembly resolution 40/151C on a nuclear arms freeze : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/60E

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : freeze on nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/60C

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : guidelines for confidence-building measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/59N

General and complete disarmament : notification of nuclear tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/59G

General and complete disarmament : conventional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/52

Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/45

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 40/79 concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/73

Progressive development of the principles and norms of international law relating to the new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/69K

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/68B

Questions relating to information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/60F

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/59H

Comprehensive study on the military use of research and development : military use of research and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/59B

General and complete disarmament : objective information on military matters : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/55B

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE DENUCLEARIZATION OF AFRICA : NUCLEAR CAPABILITY OF SOUTH AFRICA · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/69H

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : revenues derived from Palestine refugees properties : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/69D

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : grants and scholarships for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/68A

Questions relating to information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/63G

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/63A

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/59M

General and complete disarmament : conventional disarmament on a regional basis : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/58B

PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL WEAPONS · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/54

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 40/88 on the immediate cessation and prohibiton of nuclear-weapon tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/49

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/59L

General and complete disarmament : prohibition of the production of fissionable material for weapons purposes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

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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