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/2602(XXIV)[E]

Question of general and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/2595(XXIV)

Creation of the post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-16

GANo

A/RES/2578(XXIV)

Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-15

GAAbstain

A/RES/2588(XXIV)[A]

Implementation of the recommendations of the International Conference on Human Rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/2587(XXIV)

Commission on the Status of Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-15

GAAbstain

A/RES/2574(XXIV)[D]

Question of the reservation exclusively for peaceful purposes of the sea-bed and the ocean floor, and the subsoil thereof, underlying the high seas beyond the limits of present national jurisdiction, and the use of their resources in the interests of mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-15

GANo

A/RES/2588(XXIV)[B]

Implementation of the recommendations of the International Conference on Human Rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/2559(XXIV)

Question of Oman : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/2554(XXIV)

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, Namibia and Territories under Portuguese domination and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, appartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/2558(XXIV)

Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/2555(XXIV)

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 · 1969-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/2546(XXIV)

Respect for and implementation of human rights in occupied territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-11

GAYes

S/RES/274(1969)

Security Council resolution 274 (1969) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1969-12-11

SCYes

A/RES/2535(XXIV)[B]

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-10

GAYes

A/RES/2535(XXIV)[C]

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-10

GAYes

S/RES/273(1969)

Security Council resolution 273 (1969) [on Portuguese military operations against a Senegalese village] · 1969-12-09

SCYes

A/RES/2521(XXIV)

Special programme of activities in connexion with the 10th anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/2517(XXIV)

Question of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-01

GAYes

A/RES/2516(XXIV)

Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-11-25

GANo

A/RES/2511(XXIV)

Regular programme of technical assistance for industrial development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-11-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/2508(XXIV)

Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-11-21

GAYes

A/RES/2507(XXIV)

Question of Territories under Portuguese administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-11-21

GAYes

A/RES/2505(XXIV)

Manifesto on Southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-11-20

GAYes

A/RES/2504(XXIV)

Agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands concerning West New Guinea (West Irian) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-11-19

GAYes

A/RES/2500(XXIV)

Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-11-11

GANo

A/RES/2498(XXIV)

Question of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-10-31

GAYes

S/RES/272(1969)

Security Council resolution 272 (1969) [on amendments to the Statute of the International Court of Justice] · 1969-10-23

SCNon-voting

S/RES/271(1969)

Security Council resolution 271 (1969) [on destruction and profanation of the Holy Places in Jerusalem] · 1969-09-15

SCYes

S/RES/270(1969)

Security Council resolution 270 (1969) [on Israeli military operations against southern Lebanon] · 1969-08-26

SCYes

S/RES/269(1969)

Security Council resolution 269 (1969) [calling upon South Africa to withdraw its administration from Namibia before 4 November 1969] · 1969-08-12

SCYes

S/RES/268(1969)

Security Council resolution 268 (1969) [on Portuguese military operations against a Zambian village] · 1969-07-28

SCYes

S/RES/267(1969)

Security Council resolution 267 (1969) [on the status of Jerusalem] · 1969-07-03

SCYes

S/RES/266(1969)

Security Council resolution 266 (1969) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1969-06-10

SCYes

S/RES/265(1969)

Security Council resolution 265 (1969) [on Israeli military operations against a Jordanian village] · 1969-04-01

SCYes

S/RES/264(1969)

Security Council resolution 264 (1969) [on South African administration of Namibia] · 1969-03-20

SCYes

S/RES/263(1969)

Security Council resolution 263 (1969) [on inclusion of Russian and Spanish among the working languages of the Security Council] · 1969-01-24

SCNon-voting

S/RES/262(1968)

Security Council resolution 262 (1968) [on Israeli military operations against Lebanon] · 1968-12-31

SCYes

A/RES/2480(XXIII)[B]

Composition of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/2479(XXIII)

Inclusion of Russian among the working languages of the General Assembly (amendment to rule 51 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly) and question of including Russian and Spanish among the working languages of the Security Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/2467(XXIII)[C]

Examination of the question of the reservation exclusively for peaceful purposes of the sea-bed and the ocean floor, and the subsoil thereof, underlying the high seas beyond the limits of present national jurisdiction, and the use of their resources in the interests of mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-21

GANo

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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