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.

0%50%100%1946195019601970198019901991
USAFRAGBRCHN

A/RES/3151(XXVIII)[C]

Dissemination of information on apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/3159(XXVIII)

Question of Brunei : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/3158(XXVIII)

Question of the Seychelles : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/3155(XXVIII)

Question of Niue : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/3151(XXVIII)[G]

Situation in South Africa resulting from the policies of apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/3151(XXVIII)[B]

Programme of work of the Special Committee on Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/3150(XXVIII)

Use of scientific and technological developments in the interests of peace and social development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/3148(XXVIII)

Preservation and further development of cultural values : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-14

GAYes

S/RES/343(1973)

Security Council resolution 343 (1973) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force · 1973-12-14

SCYes

A/RES/3129(XXVIII)

Co-operation in the field of the environment concerning natural resources shared by two or more States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-13

GAAbstain

A/RES/3122(XXVIII)

United Nations Capital Development Fund : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-13

GAAbstain

A/RES/3130(XXVIII)

Criteria governing multilateral financing of housing and human settlements : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-13

GAAbstain

A/RES/3117(XXVIII)

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 Territories under Portuguese domination 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 · 1973-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/3113(XXVIII)

Question of Territories under Portuguese administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/3119(XXVIII)

United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/3115(XXVIII)

Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/3102(XXVIII)

Respect for human rights in armed conflicts : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/3118(XXVIII)

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 · 1973-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/3112(XXVIII)

United Nations Fund for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/3111(XXVIII)

Question of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/3116(XXVIII)

Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/3110(XXVIII)

Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/3114(XXVIII)

Establishment of the Commission of Inquiry on the Reported Massacres in Mozambique : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/3103(XXVIII)

Basic principles of the legal status of the combatants struggling against colonial and alien domination and racist regimes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/3101(XXVIII)

Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-11

GAYes

S/RES/342(1973)

Security Council resolution 342 (1973) [deciding to discontinue efforts on the basis of resolution 309 (1972) on the Namibia question] · 1973-12-11

SCYes

A/RES/3089(XXVIII)[C]

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/3089(XXVIII)[D]

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/3093(XXVIII)[B]

Reduction of the military budgets of States permanent members of the Security Council by 10 per cent and utilization of part of the funds thus saved to provide assistance to developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/3092(XXVIII)[B]

Report on the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/3093(XXVIII)[A]

Reduction of the military budgets of States permanent members of the Security Council by 10 per cent and utilization of part of the funds thus saved to provide assistance to developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/3092(XXVIII)[A]

Report on the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/3083(XXVIII)

Study on the indexation of prices : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-06

GAAbstain

A/RES/3081(XXVIII)

United Nations University : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-06

GAAbstain

A/RES/3078(XXVIII)[A]

Urgent need for suspension of nuclear and thermonuclear tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-06

GAAbstain

A/RES/3080(XXVIII)

Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a zone of peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-06

GAAbstain

A/RES/3079(XXVIII)

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 2935 (XXVII) concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol II of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-06

GAAbstain

A/RES/3077(XXVIII)

Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/3078(XXVIII)[B]

Urgent need for suspension of nuclear and thermonuclear tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-06

GAAbstain

A/RES/3076(XXVIII)

Napalm and other incendiary weapons and all aspects of their possible use : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1973-12-06

GAAbstain

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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