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

S/RES/29(1947)

Security Council resolution 29 (1947) [on admission of Yemen and Pakistan to membership in the United Nations] · 1947-08-21

SCYes

S/RES/28(1947)

Security Council resolution 28 (1947) [on appointment of a subcommittee of the representatives of the delegations which have submitted proposals on the Greek question] · 1947-08-06

SCAbstain

S/RES/27(1947)

Security Council resolution 27 (1947) [calling upon the Netherlands and Indonesia to cease hostilities] · 1947-08-01

SCYes

S/RES/26(1947)

Security Council resolution 26 (1947) [on the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council] · 1947-06-04

SCYes

S/RES/25(1947)

Security Council resolution 25 (1947) [on referring to the Committee on the Admission of New Members the application of Italy to membership in the United Nations] · 1947-05-22

SCYes

A/RES/106(S-1)

Special Committee on Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1947-05-15

GAYes

A/RES/104(S-1)

Hearing for the Jewish Agency for Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1947-05-05

GAYes

S/RES/24(1947)

Security Council resolution 24 (1947) [referring to the Committee on the Admission of New Members the application of Hungary to membership in the United Nations] · 1947-04-30

SCYes

S/RES/23(1947)

Security Council resolution 23 (1947) [on the Commission of Investigation established by Security Council resolution 15 (1946) on the Greek question] · 1947-04-18

SCAbstain

S/RES/22(1947)

Security Council resolution 22 (1947) [on incidents in the Corfu Channel) · 1947-04-09

SCAbstain

S/RES/21(1947)

Security Council resolution 21 (1947) [on the Trusteeship Agreement for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands] · 1947-04-02

SCYes

S/RES/20(1947)

Security Council resolution 20 (1947) [on international control of atomic energy] · 1947-03-10

SCYes

S/RES/19(1947)

Security Council resolution 19 (1947) [on incidents in the Corfu Channel] · 1947-02-27

SCAbstain

S/RES/18(1947)

Security Council resolution 18 (1947) [on regulation and reduction of armaments] · 1947-02-13

SCAbstain

S/RES/17(1947)

Security Council resolution 17 (1947) [requesting postponement of the execution of persons sentenced by the Greek Government] · 1947-02-10

SCAbstain

S/RES/16(1947)

Security Council resolution 16 (1947) [on approval of the statute of the Free Territory of Trieste, Italy] · 1947-01-10

SCYes

S/RES/15(1946)

Security Council resolution 15 (1946) [on establishment of the Commission of Investigation on the Greek question] · 1946-12-19

SCYes

S/RES/14(1946)

Security Council resolution 14 (1946) [on the term of office of Presidency of the Security Council] · 1946-12-16

SCAbstain

A/RES/62(I)[II]

Arrangements and measures to be taken by Members of the United Nations in connexion with displaced persons, refugees, prisoners of war and persons of similar status, pending the Establishment of the International Refugee Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-15

GANo

A/RES/62(I)[I]

Constitution of the International Refugee Organization, and Agreement on Interim Measures to be taken in respect of refugees and displaced persons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-15

GANo

A/RES/49(I)[C]

Consultative arrangements with non-governmental organizations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-15

GAAbstain

A/RES/49(I)[B]

Request of the World Federation of Trade Unions for a closer connexion with the Economic and Social Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/83(I)

Financial provisions (Article 10 and annex II) of the Draft Constitution of the International Refugee Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-15

GANo

A/RES/100(I)

Headquarters of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/67(I)

Regional conferences of representatives of Non-Self-Governing Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-14

GAAbstain

A/RES/65(I)

Future status of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/63(I)[PARA.8]

Approval of Trusteeship Agreements [Togoland under British mandate] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-13

GANo

A/RES/63(I)[PARA.7]

Approval of Trusteeship Agreements [Cameroons under British mandate] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-13

GANo

A/RES/63(I)[PARA.1]

Approval of Trusteeship Agreements [New Guinea] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-13

GANo

A/RES/63(I)[PARA.4]

Approval of Trusteeship Agreements [Togoland under French mandate] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-13

GANo

A/RES/63(I)[PARA.3]

Approval of Trusteeship Agreements [Cameroons under French mandate] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-13

GANo

A/RES/63(I)[PARA.6]

Approval of Trusteeship Agreements [Tanganyika] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-13

GANo

A/RES/63(I)[PARA.2]

Approval of Trusteeship Agreements [Ruanda-Urundi] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-13

GANo

A/RES/40(I)

Voting procedure in the Security Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-13

GANo

A/RES/63(I)[PARA.5]

Approval of Trusteeship Agreements [Western Samoa] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-13

GANo

A/RES/39(I)

Relations of Members of the United Nations with Spain : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-12

GAYes

S/RES/13(1946)

Security Council resolution 13 (1946) [on admission of Siam (Thailand) to membership in the United Nations] · 1946-12-12

SCYes

S/RES/12(1946)

Security Council resolution 12 (1946) [on border incidents between Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia] · 1946-12-10

SCYes

A/RES/44(I)

Treatment of Indians in the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-08

GAYes

S/RES/11(1946)

Security Council resolution 11 (1946) [on the conditions under which Switzerland might become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice] · 1946-11-15

SCNon-voting

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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