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/34/9D

Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-17

GANo

A/RES/34/7D

Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-17

GANo

A/RES/34/172

Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/34/166

Review of the rates of reimbursement to the Governments of troop-contributed States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-17

GANo

A/RES/34/160

Provisional agenda for the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/34/158

World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/34/147

Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-17

GAAbstain

A/RES/34/179

Human rights in Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/34/150

Consolidation and progressive development of the principles and norms of international economic law relating in particular to the legal aspects of the international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-17

GAAbstain

A/RES/34/9E

Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-17

GANo

A/RES/34/9C

Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-17

GANo

A/RES/34/9B

Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-17

GANo

A/RES/34/113

Living conditions of the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/34/136

Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Arab territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/34/103

Inadmissability of the policy of hegemonism in international relations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/34/101

Non-interference in the internal affairs of States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/34/100

Implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/34/133

Assistance to the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-14

GAYes

S/RES/458(1979)

Security Council resolution 458 (1979) [extending the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1979-12-14

SCYes

A/RES/34/95

Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/34/94

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/34/92C

Action by intergovermental and non-governmental organizations with respect to Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/34/92A

Programme of work of the United Nations Council for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/34/93J

Dissemination of information on apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/34/93D

Arms embargo against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/34/93L

Role of mass media in international action against apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/34/90B

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 · 1979-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/34/65D

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/34/90A

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 · 1979-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/34/93N

Apartheid in sports : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/34/93C

International conference on sanctions against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/34/93A

Situation in South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/34/92F

Dissemination of information on Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/34/93P

Relations between Israel and South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/34/93I

Assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/34/93F

Oil embargo against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/34/93E

Nuclear collaboration with South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/34/92G

Situation in Namibia resulting from the illegal occupation of the territory by South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/34/92B

Intensification and co-ordination of United Nations action in support of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/34/91

Question of the Islands of Gloriesus, Juan de Nova, Europa and Bassas da India : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-12-12

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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