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/39/237A

Revised budget appropriations for the biennium 1984-1985 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18

GANo

A/RES/39/223

Economic development projects in the occupied Palestinian territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/39/211

Development aspects of the reverse transfer of technology : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/39/236[SectionII]

Questions relating to the programme budget for the biennium 1984-1985 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18

GANo

A/RES/39/224

Assistance to the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/39/218

Development and international economic co-operation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/39/210

Economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/39/236[SectionXIV]

Questions relating to the programme budget for the biennium 1984-1985 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18

GANo

A/RES/39/233

Industrial Development Decade for Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/232

Industrial development co-operation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/221

United Nations Special Fund for Land-locked Developing Countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/39/230

Transport and Communications Decade in Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/229

Protection against products harmful to health and the environment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/39/237B

Revised income estimates for the biennium 1984-1985 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18

GANo

A/RES/39/236[SectionXI]

Questions relating to the programme budget for the biennium 1984-1985 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18

GANo

A/RES/39/236[SectionIII]

Questions relating to the programme budget for the biennium 1984-1985 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/39/226

Confidence-building in international economic relations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/39/148[A]

Unilateral nuclear disarmament measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/163

Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/159

Inadmissibility of the policy of State terrorism and any actions by States aimed at undermining the socio-political system in other sovereign States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/151[F]

Military research and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/148L

Implementation of the recommendations and decisions of the 10th special session : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/148[J]

Disarmament Week : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/151[E]

Contribution of the specialized agencies and other organizations and programmes of the United Nations System to the cause of arms limitation and disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/151[B]

Study of the question of nuclear-weapon-free zones in all its aspects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/148[F]

Climatic effects of nuclear war : nuclear winter : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/148[B]

Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GANo

A/RES/39/169

Living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/167

Remnants of war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/157

Implementation of the Declaration on the Preparation of Societies for Life in Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/151[H]

Prohibition of the production of fissionable material for weapons purposes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/148[O]

Implementation of the recommendations and decisions of the 10th special session : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/151[I]

Curbing the naval arms race : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/148[E]

Prohibition of the nuclear neutron weapon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/148[D]

Non-use of nuclear weapons and prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/148[H]

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/148[C]

Nuclear weapons in all aspects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/39/177

Long-term financing and the future role of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GANo

A/RES/39/148[G]

Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/161B

Observance of the 40th anniversary of the UN : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17

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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