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/57(1948)

Security Council resolution 57 (1948) [on the death of the UN Mediator in Palestine, Count Folke Bernadotte] · 1948-09-18

SCYes

S/RES/56(1948)

Security Council resolution 56 (1948) [on the situation in Jerusalem] · 1948-08-19

SCYes

S/RES/55(1948)

Security Council resolution 55 (1948) [calling upon the Netherlands and Indonesia to maintain strict observance of the Renville Truce Agreement] · 1948-07-29

SCAbstain

S/RES/54(1948)

Security Council resolution 54 (1948) [calling on all Governments and authorities to cooperate with the Mediator to maintain peace in Palestine] · 1948-07-15

SCAbstain

S/RES/53(1948)

Security Council resolution 53 (1948) [appealing to all parties for prolongation of the truce in Palestine] · 1948-07-07

SCAbstain

S/RES/52(1948)

Security Council resolution 52 (1948) [on international control of atomic energy] · 1948-06-22

SCAbstain

S/RES/51(1948)

Security Council resolution 51 (1948) [directing the UN Commission for India and Pakistan to proceed without delay to the areas of dispute] · 1948-06-03

SCAbstain

S/RES/50(1948)

Security Council resolution 50 (1948) [calling for a cessation of hostilities in Palestine] · 1948-05-29

SCYes

S/RES/49(1948)

Security Council resolution 49 (1948) [on calling for a cease-fire and maintenance of the truce in Jerusalem] · 1948-05-22

SCAbstain

A/RES/189(S-2)

Appreciation of the work of the United Nations Palestine Commission : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1948-05-14

GANo

S/RES/48(1948)

Security Council resolution 48 (1948) [on establishment of the UN Truce Commission for Palestine] · 1948-04-23

SCAbstain

S/RES/47(1948)

Security Council resolution 47 (1948) [on restoration of peace and order and the plebiscite in the State of Jammu and Kashmir] · 1948-04-21

SCYes

S/RES/46(1948)

Security Council resolution 46 (1948) [on calling upon all parties to take immediate measures for a truce in Palestine] · 1948-04-17

SCAbstain

S/RES/45(1948)

Security Council resolution 45 (1948) [on admission of Burma (Myanmar) to membership in the United Nations] · 1948-04-10

SCYes

S/RES/43(1948)

Security Council resolution 43 (1948) [calling for an immediate truce in Palestine] · 1948-04-01

SCYes

S/RES/44(1948)

Security Council resolution 44 (1948) [on requesting a special session of the General Assembly to discuss the future government of Palestine] · 1948-04-01

SCAbstain

S/RES/42(1948)

Security Council resolution 42 (1948) [on implementation of General Assembly resolution 181 (II) on the question of Palestine] · 1948-03-05

SCYes

S/RES/40(1948)

Security Council resolution 40 (1948) [on political developments in western Java and Madura, Indonesia] · 1948-02-28

SCAbstain

S/RES/41(1948)

Security Council resolution 41 (1948) [on the signing of the Truce Agreement by the Netherlands and Indonesia] · 1948-02-28

SCAbstain

S/RES/39(1948)

Security Council resolution 39 (1948) [establishing a Commission on the India-Pakistan question] · 1948-01-20

SCAbstain

S/RES/38(1948)

Security Council resolution 38 (1948) [requesting India and Pakistan to take measures to improve the situation in Kashmir] · 1948-01-17

SCAbstain

S/RES/37(1947)

Security Council resolution 37 (1947) [on inclusion of revised rules in the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council] · 1947-12-09

SCNon-voting

A/RES/181(II)[A]

Future government of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1947-11-29

GAYes

A/RES/180(II)

Draft convention on genocide : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1947-11-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/113(II)[E]

Admission of new Members : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1947-11-17

GANo

A/RES/113(II)[D]

Admission of new Members : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1947-11-17

GANo

A/RES/113(II)[G]

Admission of new Members : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1947-11-17

GANo

A/RES/113(II)[F]

Admission of new Members : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1947-11-17

GANo

A/RES/113(II)[H]

Admission of new Members : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1947-11-17

GANo

A/RES/113(II)[C]

Admission of new Members : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1947-11-17

GANo

A/RES/184(II)

Place of meeting of the 3d regular session General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1947-11-15

GAYes

A/RES/141(II)

Consideration of proposed new trusteeship agreements, if any : question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1947-11-01

GAYes

S/RES/36(1947)

Security Council resolution 36 (1947) [on an arrangement which will ensure the observance of the cease-fire in Indonesia] · 1947-11-01

SCAbstain

A/RES/109(II)

Threats to the political independence and territorial integrity of Greece : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1947-10-21

GANo

S/RES/35(1947)

Security Council resolution 35 (1947) [concerning the Committee of Good Offices on the Indonesian question] · 1947-10-03

SCAbstain

S/RES/34(1947)

Security Council resolution 34 (1947) [on removal of the Greek question from the list of matters of which the Council is seized] · 1947-09-15

SCNo

S/RES/33(1947)

Security Council resolution 33 (1947) [on the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council] · 1947-08-27

SCYes

S/RES/32(1947)

Security Council resolution 32 (1947) [concerning continued military operations in Indonesia] · 1947-08-26

SCYes

S/RES/30(1947)

Security Council resolution 30 (1947) [on the cease-fire between Indonesia and the Netherlands] · 1947-08-25

SCAbstain

S/RES/31(1947)

Security Council resolution 31 (1947) [on the Security Council Committee of Good Offices on the Indonesian question] · 1947-08-25

SCAbstain

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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