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/1598(XV)

Question of race conflict in South Africa resulting from the policies of apartheid of the Government of the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1961-04-13

GAYes

S/RES/162(1961)

Security Council resolution 162 (1961) [on the situation between Israel and Jordan] · 1961-04-11

SCAbstain

A/RES/1596(XV)

Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1961-04-07

GAYes

A/RES/1593(XV)

Appeal to Member States which have particularly close and continuous relations with the Government of the Union of South Africa, with respect to the situation in the territory of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1961-03-16

GAYes

S/RES/161(1961)

Security Council resolution 161 (1961) [on the death of Patrice Lumumba and reorganization of Congolese armed forces] · 1961-02-21

SCAbstain

A/RES/1590(XV)

United Nations operations in the Congo : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-20

GANo

A/RES/1579(XV)

Question of the future of Ruanda-Urundi : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/1580(XV)

Question of Mwami : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/1577(XV)

Suspension of nuclear and thermo-nuclear tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/1578(XV)

Suspension of nuclear and thermo-nuclear tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/1576(XV)

Prevention of the wider dissemination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/1573(XV)

Question of Algeria : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/1568(XV)

Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/1565(XV)

Legal actions to ensure the fulfillment of the obligations assumed by the Union of South Africa in respect of the Territory of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/1536(XV)

Racial discrimination in Non-Self-Governing Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/1542(XV)

Transmission of information under Article 73 e of the Charter : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/1541(XV)

Principles which should guide Members in determining whether or not an obligation exists to transmit the information called for under Article 73 e of the Charter : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-15

GAAbstain

A/RES/1514(XV)

Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/1498(XV)

Credentials of the representatives of the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-11-22

GANo

A/RES/1495(XV)

Co-operation of Member States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-10-17

GAYes

A/RES/1493(XV)

Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-10-08

GANo

S/RES/160(1960)

Security Council resolution 160 (1960) [on admission of Nigeria to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-10-07

SCYes

S/RES/158(1960)

Security Council resolution 158 (1960) [on admission of Senegal to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-09-28

SCYes

S/RES/159(1960)

Security Council resolution 159 (1960) [on admission of Mali to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-09-28

SCYes

A/RES/1474(ES-IV)

Question considered by the Security Council at its 906th meeting on 16 September 1960 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-09-20

GAAbstain

S/RES/157(1960)

Security Council resolution 157 (1960) [on an emergency special session of the General Assembly on the Congo question] · 1960-09-17

SCNo

S/RES/156(1960)

Security Council resolution 156 (1960) [taking note of the OAS report on the question relating to the Dominican Republic] · 1960-09-09

SCAbstain

S/RES/155(1960)

Security Council resolution 155 (1960) [on admission of Cyprus to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-08-24

SCYes

S/RES/153(1960)

Security Council resolution 153 (1960) [on admission of Gabon to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-08-23

SCYes

S/RES/149(1960)

Security Council resolution 149 (1960) [on admission of Upper Volta (Burkina Faso) to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-08-23

SCYes

S/RES/154(1960)

Security Council resolution 154 (1960) [on admission of the Central African Republic to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-08-23

SCYes

S/RES/152(1960)

Security Council resolution 152 (1960) [on admission of Congo (capital Brazzaville) to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-08-23

SCYes

S/RES/150(1960)

Security Council resolution 150 (1960) [on admission of Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-08-23

SCYes

S/RES/148(1960)

Security Council resolution 148 (1960) [on admission of Niger to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-08-23

SCYes

S/RES/147(1960)

Security Council resolution 147 (1960) [on admission of Dahomey (Benin) to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-08-23

SCYes

S/RES/151(1960)

Security Council resolution 151 (1960) [on admission of Chad to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-08-23

SCYes

S/RES/146(1960)

Security Council resolution 146 (1960) [on entry of the UN Force in the Congo into the province of Katanga] · 1960-08-09

SCYes

S/RES/145(1960)

Security Council resolution 145 (1960) [calling upon Belgium to implement resolution 143 (1960) on the withdrawal of its troops from the Congo (capital Leopoldville)] · 1960-07-22

SCYes

S/RES/144(1960)

Security Council resolution 144 (1960) [on the situation between Cuba and the United States] · 1960-07-19

SCAbstain

S/RES/143(1960)

Security Council resolution 143 (1960) [calling upon Belgium to withdraw its troops from the Congo (capital Leopoldville)] · 1960-07-14

SCYes

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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