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/33/60

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 32/78 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/33/13[E]

Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / by the General Assembly · 1978-12-14

GANo

A/RES/33/71[J]

Monitoring of disarmament agreements and strengthening of international security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-14

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/66[A]

Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-14

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/65

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-14

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/71[B]

Non-use of nuclear weapons and prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-14

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/48

World social development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/33/67

Reduction of military budgets : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-14

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/63

Implementation of the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/33/57

Implementation of the conclusions of the 1st Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Establishment of a preparatory committee for the 2nd Conference : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-14

GAYes

S/RES/443(1978)

Security Council resolution 443 (1978) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1978-12-14

SCYes

A/RES/33/44

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/33/41

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 · 1978-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/33/39

Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/33/31[B]

Question of Western Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-13

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/45

Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/33/40

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 Southern Rhodesia and 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 · 1978-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/33/38[A]

Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/33/37

Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/33/36

Question of Belize : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/33/31[A]

Question of Western Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/33/38[B]

Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/33/13[C]

Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / by the General Assembly · 1978-12-08

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/13[D]

Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / by the General Assembly · 1978-12-08

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/28[A]

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/33/29

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/33/28[B]

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/33/28[C]

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-07

GAYes

S/RES/442(1978)

Security Council resolution 442 (1978) [on admission of Dominica to membership in the United Nations] · 1978-12-06

SCYes

A/RES/33/13[B]

Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / by the General Assembly · 1978-12-01

GAAbstain

S/RES/441(1978)

Security Council resolution 441 (1978) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1978-11-30

SCYes

A/RES/33/24

Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-11-29

GAYes

A/RES/33/23

Adverse consequences for the enjoyment of human rights of political, military, economic and other forms of assistance given to colonial and racist regimes in southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-11-29

GAYes

S/RES/440(1978)

Security Council resolution 440 (1978) [urging the two communities in Cyprus to resume negotiations] · 1978-11-27

SCYes

S/RES/439(1978)

Security Council resolution 439 (1978) [on elections in Namibia] · 1978-11-13

SCYes

A/RES/33/17

Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-11-10

GAYes

A/RES/33/15

Question of Cyprus : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-11-09

GAYes

A/RES/33/14

Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-11-03

GANo

A/RES/33/13[F]

Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / by the General Assembly · 1978-11-03

GANo

S/RES/438(1978)

Security Council resolution 438 (1978) [on renewal of the mandate of UNEF] · 1978-10-23

SCAbstain

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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