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/35/115A

Financing the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-10

GANo

A/RES/35/75

Living conditions of the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/35/58

Specific action related to the particular needs and problems of land-locked development countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/35/60

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/35/57

Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/35/50

Report of the Special Committee on Enhancing the Effectivness of the Principle of Non-Use of Force in International Relations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/35/44

Review of the rates of reinbursement on the Governments of troop-contributing states : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-01

GANo

A/RES/35/45B

Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-01

GANo

A/RES/35/45A

Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-01

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/43

Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-11-28

GAYes

S/RES/481(1980)

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

SCYes

A/RES/35/39

Status of the International Convention on the Supression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-11-25

GAYes

A/RES/35/37

The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-11-20

GANo

S/RES/480(1980)

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

SCYes

A/RES/35/28

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 · 1980-11-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/29

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 · 1980-11-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/20

Question of Belize : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-11-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/27

Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-11-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/26

Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-11-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/13F

Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-11-03

GAYes

A/RES/35/13E

Population and refugees displaced since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-11-03

GAYes

A/RES/35/13B

Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-11-03

GAYes

A/RES/35/13A

Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-11-03

GAYes

A/RES/35/10B

Summary records for meetings of subsidary organs of the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-11-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/8

Historical responsibility of States for the preservation of nature for present and future generations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-10-30

GAYes

A/RES/35/6

The situation in Kampuchea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-10-22

GANo

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

A/RES/ES-7/2

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-07-30

GAYes

A/RES/ES-7/3

Work of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-07-30

GAYes

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

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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