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

S/RES/467(1980)

Security Council resolution 467 (1980) [condemning the deliberate shelling of the headquarters of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1980-04-24

SCAbstain

S/RES/466(1980)

Security Council resolution 466 (1980) [on South Africa's military actions against Zambia] · 1980-04-11

SCYes

S/RES/465(1980)

Security Council resolution 465 (1980) [on Israeli settlement policies in the occupied territories] · 1980-03-01

SCYes

S/RES/464(1980)

Security Council resolution 464 (1980) [on admission of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to membership in the United Nations] · 1980-02-19

SCYes

S/RES/463(1980)

Security Council resolution 463 (1980) [calling upon United Kingdom to create conditions in Southern Rhodesia which will ensure free and fair elections] · 1980-02-02

SCYes

A/RES/ES-6/2

The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-01-14

GANo

S/RES/462(1980)

Security Council resolution 462 (1980) [deciding to call an emergency special session of the General Assembly on the Afghanistan situation] · 1980-01-09

SCNo

S/RES/461(1979)

Security Council resolution 461 (1979) [on detention of persons of United States nationality in Iran] · 1979-12-31

SCAbstain

S/RES/460(1979)

Security Council resolution 460 (1979) [on the termination of sanctions against Southern Rhodesia] · 1979-12-21

SCAbstain

A/RES/34/233[XIII]

Conditions of service and compensation for officials, other than Secretariat officials, serving the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-20

GANo

A/RES/34/231

Unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for the biennium 1980-1981 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-20

GANo

A/RES/34/230A

Budget appropriations for the bieenium 1980-1981 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-20

GANo

A/RES/34/230C

Financing of appropriations for the year 1980 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-20

GANo

A/RES/34/227

United Nations Industrial Development Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-20

GANo

A/RES/34/222A

Investments of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/34/232

Working Capital Fund for the biennium 1980-1981 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-20

GANo

A/RES/34/229

Resources for the implementation of the work programme of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) at the regional level : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-20

GANo

A/RES/34/233[XIV]

Financing of the travel of representatives of the least developed countries to participate in consultation meetings of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-20

GANo

A/RES/34/233[XI]

United Nations accommodation at Nairobi : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-20

GANo

A/RES/34/222C

Investments of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/34/233[I]

Establishment of an Information Systems Unit in the Department of International Economic and Social Affairs : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-20

GANo

A/RES/34/221

Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/34/220

Participation of United Nations staff in the consultative bodies within the United Nations system : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/34/233[IX]

United Nations International School : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-20

GANo

A/RES/34/223B

Final income estimates for the biennium 1978-1979 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/34/223A

Final budget appropriations for the biennium 1978-1979 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-20

GANo

A/RES/34/219[I]

Personnel questions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-20

GANo

A/RES/34/216

International monetary reform : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/34/209

United Nations Special Fund for the Land-locked Developing Countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/34/199

Multilateral trade negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/34/198

Specific action related to the particular needs and problems of land-locked developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/34/211

Proposals for the new international development strategy : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/34/197

Effects of the world inflationary phenomenon on the development process : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-19

GAYes

S/RES/459(1979)

Security Council resolution 459 (1979) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1979-12-19

SCAbstain

A/RES/34/180

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/34/184

Plan of Action to Combat Desertification : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/34/192

Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/34/176

United Nations Trust Fund for Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/34/93R

Programme of work of the Special Committee against Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/34/145

Measures to prevent international terrorism which endangers or takes innocent human lives or jeopardizes fundamental freedoms, and study of the underlying causes of those forms of terrorism and acts of violence which lie in misery, frustration, grievance and despair and which cause some people to sacrifice human lives, including their own, in an attempt to effect radical changes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-17

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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