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

S/RES/676(1990)

Security Council resolution 676 (1990) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group] · 1990-11-28

SCYes

A/RES/45/36

Zone of peace and co-operation of the South Atlantic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-27

GAYes

A/RES/45/17

Activities of foreign and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-20

GAYes

A/RES/45/35

Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-20

GAYes

A/RES/45/34

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-20

GAYes

A/RES/45/16

Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-20

GAYes

A/RES/45/32

Question of Guam : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-20

GAYes

A/RES/45/18

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 · 1990-11-20

GAYes

A/RES/45/33

Thirtieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-20

GAYes

S/RES/675(1990)

Security Council resolution 675 (1990) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Group in Central America] · 1990-11-05

SCYes

A/RES/45/11

Question of the Comorian Island of Mayotte : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-01

GAYes

S/RES/674(1990)

Security Council resolution 674 (1990) [on protection of third-State nationals in Iraq and Kuwait] · 1990-10-29

SCYes

S/RES/673(1990)

Security Council resolution 673 (1990) [on refusal of Israel to receive a mission of the Secretary-General] · 1990-10-24

SCYes

S/RES/672(1990)

Security Council resolution 672 (1990) [on violence committed by Israeli security forces against Palestinians] · 1990-10-12

SCYes

S/RES/671(1990)

Security Council resolution 671 (1990) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group] · 1990-09-27

SCYes

S/RES/670(1990)

Security Council resolution 670 (1990) [on air embargo against Iraq] · 1990-09-25

SCYes

S/RES/669(1990)

Security Council resolution 669 (1990) [on requests for assistance under the provisions of Article 50 of the Charter of the United Nations] · 1990-09-24

SCYes

S/RES/668(1990)

Security Council resolution 668 (1990) [endorsing the Framework for a comprehensive political settlement of the Cambodia conflict] · 1990-09-20

SCYes

S/RES/667(1990)

Security Council resolution 667 (1990) [on Iraqi actions against diplomatic missions and their personnel in Kuwait] · 1990-09-16

SCYes

S/RES/666(1990)

Security Council resolution 666 (1990) [on the situation regarding foodstuffs in Iraq and Kuwait] · 1990-09-13

SCYes

S/RES/665(1990)

Security Council resolution 665 (1990) [on implementation of Security Council resolution 661 (1990), especially its provisions related to shipping] · 1990-08-25

SCYes

S/RES/664(1990)

Security Council resolution 664 (1990) [on safety of third-State nationals in Iraq and Kuwait] · 1990-08-18

SCYes

S/RES/663(1990)

Security Council resolution 663 (1990) [on admission of Liechtenstein to membership in the United Nations] · 1990-08-14

SCYes

S/RES/662(1990)

Security Council resolution 662 (1990) [on Iraqi annexation of Kuwait] · 1990-08-09

SCYes

S/RES/661(1990)

Security Council resolution 661 (1990) [on sanctions against Iraq] · 1990-08-06

SCYes

S/RES/660(1990)

Security Council resolution 660 (1990) [on Iraqi invasion of Kuwait] · 1990-08-02

SCYes

S/RES/659(1990)

Security Council resolution 659 (1990) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1990-07-31

SCYes

S/RES/658(1990)

Security Council resolution 658 (1990) [on a settlement plan for Western Sahara] · 1990-06-27

SCYes

S/RES/657(1990)

Security Council resolution 657 (1990) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1990-06-15

SCYes

S/RES/656(1990)

Security Council resolution 656 (1990) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Group in Central America] · 1990-06-08

SCYes

S/RES/655(1990)

Security Council resolution 655 (1990) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1990-05-31

SCYes

S/RES/654(1990)

Security Council resolution 654 (1990) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Group in Central America] · 1990-05-04

SCYes

S/RES/653(1990)

Security Council resolution 653 (1990) [on addition of new tasks to the mandate of the United Nations Observer Group in Central America] · 1990-04-20

SCYes

S/RES/652(1990)

Security Council resolution 652 (1990) [on admission of Namibia to membership in the United Nations] · 1990-04-17

SCYes

S/RES/651(1990)

Security Council resolution 651 (1990) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group] · 1990-03-29

SCYes

S/RES/650(1990)

Security Council resolution 650 (1990) [on the Central American peace process] · 1990-03-27

SCYes

S/RES/649(1990)

Security Council resolution 649 (1990) [on the Secretary-General's mission of good offices concerning Cyprus] · 1990-03-12

SCYes

S/RES/648(1990)

Security Council resolution 648 (1990) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1990-01-31

SCYes

S/RES/647(1990)

Security Council resolution 647 (1990) [on temporary deployment in Afghanistan and Pakistan of military officers from United Nations operations] · 1990-01-11

SCYes

A/RES/44/240

Effects of the military intervention by the United States of America in Panama on the situation in Central America : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-12-29

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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