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/2229(XXI)

Question of Ifni and Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/2241(XXI)[B]

Composition of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/2232(XXI)

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, Tokelau Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/2231(XXI)

Question of Gibraltar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/2230(XXI)

Question of Equatorial Guinea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/2238(XXI)

Question of Oman : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/2228(XXI)

Question of French Somaliland : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/2227(XXI)

Question of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/2226(XXI)

Question of the trust Territory of Nauru : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/2224(XXI)

The Korean question : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-19

GANo

A/RES/2220(XXI)

Comprehensive review of the whole question of peace-keeping operations in all their aspects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/2200(XXI)[A]

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/2200(XXI)[B]

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/2200(XXI)[C]

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-16

GANo

A/RES/2202(XXI)[B]

The policies of apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/2202(XXI)[A]

The policies of apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/2194(XXI)[B]

United Nations Emergency Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-16

GANo

A/RES/2194(XXI)[A]

United Nations Emergency Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-16

GANo

S/RES/232(1966)

Security Council resolution 232 (1966) [imposing sanctions on commodities against Southern Rhodesia] · 1966-12-16

SCAbstain

S/RES/231(1966)

Security Council resolution 231 (1966) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1966-12-15

SCYes

A/RES/2189(XXI)

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/2181(XXI)

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 · 1966-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/2184(XXI)

Question of Territories under Portuguese administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-12-12

GAYes

S/RES/230(1966)

Security Council resolution 230 (1966) [on admission of Barbados to membership in the United Nations] · 1966-12-07

SCYes

S/RES/229(1966)

Security Council resolution 229 (1966) [on appointment of U Thant as Secretary-General of the United Nations] · 1966-12-02

SCYes

A/RES/2160(XXI)

Strict observance of the prohibition of the threat or use of force in international relations, and of the right of peoples to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-11-30

GAYes

A/RES/2159(XXI)

Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-11-29

GANo

S/RES/228(1966)

Security Council resolution 228 (1966) [on Israeli military actions against Jordan] · 1966-11-25

SCYes

A/RES/2153(XXI)[B]

Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-11-17

GAAbstain

S/RES/227(1966)

Security Council resolution 227 (1966) [recommending extension of the appointment of U Thant as Secretary-General of the United Nations] · 1966-10-28

SCYes

A/RES/2145(XXI)

Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-10-27

GAYes

A/RES/2138(XXI)

Question of southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1966-10-22

GAYes

S/RES/226(1966)

Security Council resolution 226 (1966) [calling upon all States not to intervene in the domestic affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo] · 1966-10-14

SCYes

S/RES/224(1966)

Security Council resolution 224 (1966) [on admission of Botswana to membership in the United Nations] · 1966-10-14

SCYes

S/RES/225(1966)

Security Council resolution 225 (1966) [on admission of Lesotho to membership in the United Nations] · 1966-10-14

SCYes

S/RES/223(1966)

Security Council resolution 223 (1966) [on admission of Guyana to membership in the United Nations] · 1966-06-21

SCYes

S/RES/222(1966)

Security Council resolution 222 (1966) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1966-06-16

SCYes

S/RES/221(1966)

Security Council resolution 221 (1966) [on oil embargo against Southern Rhodesia] · 1966-04-09

SCAbstain

S/RES/220(1966)

Security Council resolution 220 (1966) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1966-03-16

SCYes

A/RES/2111(XX)

Question of the Trust Territory of Nauru : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1965-12-21

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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