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%
USA12.7%FRA20.7%RUS0.0%GBR18.5%CHN48.0%

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/45/73D

Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/45/74F

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/45/73A

UNRWA : assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/45/68

International Peace Conference on the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/45/67C

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/45/67A

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/45/69

The uprising (intifadah) of the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/45/67B

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/45/58P

Regional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/62E

Comprehensive Programme on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/45/62D

Report of the Conference on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/63

Israeli nuclear armament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/58H

Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/58B

Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/56A

IMPLEMENTATION OF DECLARATION ON DENUCLEARIZATION OF AFRICA · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/62C

Cessation of the nuclear-arms race and nuclear disarmament and prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/55B

CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES IN OUTER SPACE · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/50

Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/60

Scientific and technological developments and their impact on international security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/58N

Charting potential uses of resources allocated to military activities for civilian endeavours to protect the environment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/58L

Prohibition of the production of fissionable material for weapons purposes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/56B

NUCLEAR CAPABILITY OF SOUTH AFRICA · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/54

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 · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/51

Urgent need for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/59D

Nuclear-arms freeze : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/58J

Prohibition of attacks on nuclear facilities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/49

Cessation of all nuclear-test explosions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/58K

Prohibition of dumping of radioactive wastes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/55A

PREVENTION OF AN ARMS RACE · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/48

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 44/104 concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/59B

Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nulear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/58O

Defensive security concepts and policies : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/53

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAAbstain

S/RES/679(1990)

Security Council resolution 679 (1990) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1990-11-30

SCYes

S/RES/678(1990)

Security Council resolution 678 (1990) [authorizing Member States to use all necessary means to implement Security Council resolution 660 (1990) and all relevant resolutions] · 1990-11-29

SCYes

A/RES/45/45

Rationalization of existing United Nations procedures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-28

GAYes

A/RES/45/37

Observer status of national liberation movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity and/or by the League of Arab States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-28

GAYes

A/RES/45/39

Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-28

GAYes

A/RES/45/44

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 · 1990-11-28

GAYes

S/RES/677(1990)

Security Council resolution 677 (1990) [on Iraqi attempt to alter the demographic composition of Kuwait] · 1990-11-28

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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