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/142(1960)

Security Council resolution 142 (1960) [on admission of the Republic of Congo (capital Leopoldville) to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-07-07

SCYes

S/RES/141(1960)

Security Council resolution 141 (1960) [on admission of Somalia to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-07-05

SCYes

S/RES/140(1960)

Security Council resolution 140 (1960) [on admission of the Malagasy Republic (Madagascar) to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-06-29

SCYes

S/RES/139(1960)

Security Council resolution 139 (1960) [on admission of the Federation of Mali to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-06-28

SCYes

S/RES/138(1960)

Security Council resolution 138 (1960) [on questions relating to the case of Adolf Eichmann] · 1960-06-23

SCAbstain

S/RES/136(1960)

Security Council resolution 136 (1960) [on admission of the Togolese Republic (Togo) to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-05-31

SCYes

S/RES/137(1960)

Security Council resolution 137 (1960) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1960-05-31

SCYes

S/RES/135(1960)

Security Council resolution 135 (1960) [on relations between the great Powers] · 1960-05-27

SCAbstain

S/RES/134(1960)

Security Council resolution 134 (1960) [on the situation in the Union of South Africa arising out of the large-scale killings of unarmed and peaceful demonstrators in Sharpeville] · 1960-04-01

SCYes

S/RES/133(1960)

Security Council resolution 133 (1960) [on admission of Cameroun (Cameroon) to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-01-26

SCYes

A/RES/1467(XIV)

General questions relating to the transmission and examination of information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/1460(XIV)

Treatment of people of Indian origin in the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-10

GAYes

A/RES/1455(XIV)

The Korean question : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-09

GANo

A/RES/1454(XIV)

Question of Hungary : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-09

GANo

A/RES/1424(XIV)

United Nations capital development fund : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/1410(XIV)

Dissemination of information on the United Nations and on the International Trusteeship System in Trust Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/1426(XIV)

Agrarian reform : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/1441(XIV)

United Nations Emergency Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-05

GANo

A/RES/1404(XIV)

Question of an increase in the membership of the Security Council and of the Economic and Social Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-11-25

GANo

A/RES/1402(XIV)[B]

Suspension of nuclear and thermo-nuclear tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-11-21

GAYes

A/RES/1380(XIV)

Prevention of the wider dissemination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-11-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/1379(XIV)

Question of French nuclear tests in the Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-11-20

GAYes

A/RES/1396(XIV)

Study of the question of capital punishment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-11-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/1375(XIV)

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 · 1959-11-17

GAYes

A/RES/1353(XIV)

Question of Tibet : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-10-21

GANo

A/RES/1351(XIV)

Question of the representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-09-22

GANo

S/RES/132(1959)

Security Council resolution 132 (1959) [deciding to appoint a subcommittee on the question relating to Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic)] · 1959-09-07

SCNo

A/RES/1350(XIII)

The future of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under United Kingdom administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-03-13

GAAbstain

A/RES/1349(XIII)

The future of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under French administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-03-13

GAAbstain

A/RES/1337(XIII)

Cost estimates for the maintenance of the United Nations Emergency Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-13

GANo

A/RES/1348(XIII)

Question of the peaceful use of outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-13

GANo

A/RES/1312(XIII)

The situation in Hungary : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-12

GANo

A/RES/1318(XIII)

Promotion of the international flow of private capital : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-12

GANo

A/RES/1317(XIII)

United Nations capital development fund : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/1324(XIII)

International commodity problems : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/1302(XIII)

Treatment of people of Indian origin in the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-10

GAYes

A/RES/1300(XIII)

Report of the Economic and Social Council (chapter I, section VI) : question of increasing the membership of the Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-10

GANo

A/RES/1307(XIII)

Convening of a second United Nations conference on the law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-10

GAYes

S/RES/131(1958)

Security Council resolution 131 (1958) [on admission of Guinea to membership in the United Nations] · 1958-12-09

SCYes

S/RES/130(1958)

Security Council resolution 130 (1958) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1958-11-25

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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