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/413(1977)

Security Council resolution 413 (1977) [on admission of Viet Nam to membership in the United Nations] · 1977-07-20

SCYes

S/RES/412(1977)

Security Council resolution 412 (1977) [on admission of Djibouti to membership in the United Nations] · 1977-07-07

SCYes

S/RES/411(1977)

Security Council resolution 411 (1977) [on Southern Rhodesia's military activities against Mozambique] · 1977-06-30

SCYes

S/RES/410(1977)

Security Council resolution 410 (1977) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1977-06-15

SCYes

S/RES/409(1977)

Security Council resolution 409 (1977) [deciding that all Member States shall prohibit the use or transfer of any funds in their territories by Southern Rhodesia] · 1977-05-27

SCNon-voting

S/RES/408(1977)

Security Council resolution 408 (1977) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1977-05-26

SCYes

S/RES/407(1977)

Security Council resolution 407 (1977) [on assistance to Lesotho] · 1977-05-25

SCNon-voting

S/RES/406(1977)

Security Council resolution 406 (1977) [on assistance to Botswana] · 1977-05-25

SCNon-voting

S/RES/405(1977)

Security Council resolution 405 (1977) [condemning the armed aggression against Benin of 16 January 1977] · 1977-04-14

SCYes

S/RES/404(1977)

Security Council resolution 404 (1977) [on the United Nations special mission to Benin] · 1977-02-08

SCYes

S/RES/403(1977)

Security Council resolution 403 (1977) [on Southern Rhodesia's acts of provocation against Botswana] · 1977-01-14

SCYes

A/RES/31/5[C]

Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and of the United Nations Disengagement Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GAAbstain

A/RES/31/208[III]

Future trend in computer usage : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GANo

A/RES/31/206

Revised estimate concerning the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GANo

A/RES/31/204

Emoluments of the members of the International Court of Justice : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GANo

A/RES/31/207[A]

Revised budget appropirations for the biennium 1976-1977 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GANo

A/RES/31/208[I]

Yearbook of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GANo

A/RES/31/207[B]

Revised income estimates for the biennium 1976-1977 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/31/5[D]

Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and of the United Nations Disengagement Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GAAbstain

A/RES/31/195

Expansion of meeting rooms and improvement of conference servicing and delegate facilities at United Nations Headquarters : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GANo

A/RES/31/207[C]

Financing of appropriations for the year 1977 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GANo

A/RES/31/197

Investments of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GAYes

S/RES/402(1976)

Security Council resolution 402 (1976) [on South Africa's closure of border posts between Lesotho and South Africa] · 1976-12-22

SCYes

A/RES/31/189[A]

General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GANo

A/RES/31/174

Ways and means of accelerating the transfer of real resources to developing countries on a predictable, assured and continuous basis : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/31/158

Debt problems of developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/31/157

Specific action in favour of land-locked developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/31/189[C]

General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/31/189[D]

General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/31/177

Statute of the United Nations Special Fund for Land-Locked Developing Countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/31/186

Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Arab territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/31/178

Implementation of General Assembly Resolutions 2626 (XXV), 3202 (S-VI), 3281 (XXIX) and 3362 (S-VII) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/31/163

Industrial redeployment in favour of developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/31/150

Dissemination of information on Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/31/152

Observer status for the South West Africa People's Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/31/148

Intensification and co-ordination of United Nations action in support of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/31/147

Programme of work of the United Nations Council for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/31/154[B]

Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/31/149

Action by intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations with respect to Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/31/146

Situation in Namibia resulting from the illegal occupation of the Territory by South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-20

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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