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/245(1968)

Security Council resolution 245 (1968) [on illegal trials of South West Africans in South Africa] · 1968-01-25

SCNon-voting

S/RES/244(1967)

Security Council resolution 244 (1967) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1967-12-22

SCYes

A/RES/2350(XXII)

Question of Fiji : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/2359(XXII)[B]

Composition of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/2356(XXII)

Question of French Somaliland : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/2346(XXII)[B]

Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/2348(XXII)

Question of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/2353(XXII)

Question of Gibraltar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/2357(XXII)

Question of American Samoa, Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands , Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Dominica, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Grenada, Guam, Mauritius, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Niue, Pitcairn, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Swaziland, Tokelau Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/2328(XXII)

Question of diplomatic privileges and immunities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/2339(XXII)

International Year for Human Rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-12-18

GAAbstain

A/RES/2327(XXII)

Consideration of principles of international law concerning friendly relations and co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/2324(XXII)

Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/2325(XXII)

Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/2321(XXII)

United Nations Capital Development Fund : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/2311(XXII)

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 · 1967-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/2298(XXII)

Programme of technical assistance in industrial development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-12-12

GAAbstain

S/RES/243(1967)

Security Council resolution 243 (1967) [on admission of Democratic Yemen to membership in the United Nations] · 1967-12-12

SCYes

A/RES/2289(XXII)

Conclusion of a convention on the prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-12-08

GAYes

A/RES/2288(XXII)

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, South West Africa 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 · 1967-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/2286(XXII)

Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-12-05

GAAbstain

A/RES/2271(XXII)

Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-11-28

GANo

S/RES/242(1967)

Security Council resolution 242 (1967) [on a peaceful and accepted settlement of the Middle East situation] · 1967-11-22

SCYes

A/RES/2270(XXII)

Question of Territories under Portuguese administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-11-17

GAYes

A/RES/2269(XXII)

The Korean question : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-11-16

GANo

S/RES/241(1967)

Security Council resolution 241 (1967) [on the question concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)] · 1967-11-15

SCNon-voting

A/RES/2262(XXII)

Question of southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-11-03

GAYes

S/RES/240(1967)

Security Council resolution 240 (1967) [on violation of a cease-fire in the Middle East] · 1967-10-25

SCYes

A/RES/2256(ES-V)

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-07-21

GAYes

A/RES/2254(ES-V)

Measures taken by Israel to change the status of the City of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-07-14

GAYes

S/RES/239(1967)

Security Council resolution 239 (1967) [on the recruitment and training of mercenaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo] · 1967-07-10

SCYes

A/RES/2253(ES-V)

Measures taken by Israel to change the status of the City of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-07-04

GAYes

A/RES/2252(ES-V)

Humanitarian assistance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-07-04

GAYes

S/RES/238(1967)

Security Council resolution 238 (1967) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1967-06-19

SCYes

S/RES/237(1967)

Security Council resolution 237 (1967) [on treatment of prisoners of war and protection of civilian persons in the Middle East] · 1967-06-14

SCYes

S/RES/236(1967)

Security Council resolution 236 (1967) [on violation of a cease-fire between Israel and Syria] · 1967-06-11

SCYes

S/RES/235(1967)

Security Council resolution 235 (1967) [on a cease-fire between Israel and Syria] · 1967-06-09

SCYes

S/RES/234(1967)

Security Council resolution 234 (1967) [demanding a cease-fire in the Middle East] · 1967-06-07

SCYes

S/RES/233(1967)

Security Council resolution 233 (1967) [on the outbreak of fighting in the Middle East on June 6, 1967] · 1967-06-06

SCYes

A/RES/2248(S-V)

Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1967-05-19

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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