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/10(1946)

Security Council resolution 10 (1946) [on removing the Spanish question from the list of matters of which the Council is seized] · 1946-11-04

SCYes

S/RES/9(1946)

Security Council resolution 9 (1946) [on the International Court of Justice] · 1946-10-15

SCYes

S/RES/8(1946)

Security Council resolution 8 (1946) [on admission of Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden to membership in the United Nations] · 1946-08-29

SCYes

S/RES/7(1946)

Security Council resolution 7 (1946) [deciding to keep the situation in Spain under observation] · 1946-06-26

SCNon-voting

S/RES/6(1946)

Security Council resolution 6 (1946) [on procedures for admission of new members to the United Nations] · 1946-05-17

SCYes

S/RES/5(1946)

Security Council resolution 5 (1946) [on withdrawal of USSR troops from Iran] · 1946-05-08

SCNon-voting

S/RES/4(1946)

Security Council resolution 4 (1946) [appointing a subcommittee on the Spanish question] · 1946-04-29

SCAbstain

S/RES/3(1946)

Security Council resolution 3 (1946) [on withdrawal of USSR troops from Iran] · 1946-04-04

SCNon-voting

A/RES/4(I)

Representation of non-governmental bodies on the Economic and Social Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-02-14

GANo

A/RES/8(I)

Question of refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-02-12

GAYes

A/RES/32(I)

Relations of members of the United Nations with Spain : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-02-09

GAYes

A/RES/9(I)

Non self-governing peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-02-09

GAYes

A/RES/10(I)

Provisional rules of procedure of the Trusteeship Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-02-09

GAYes

S/RES/2(1946)

Security Council resolution 2 (1946) [on negotiations between Iran and USSR] · 1946-01-30

SCYes

A/RES/17(I)[RULE-T]

Amendments to the provisional rules of procedure [Supplementary Rule T] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-01-29

GAYes

A/RES/17(I)[RULE-73]

Amendments to the provisional rules of procedure [Rule 73] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-01-26

GANo

S/RES/1(1946)

Security Council resolution 1 (1946) [on establishment of the Military Staff Committee] · 1946-01-25

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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