UN Votes

United States of America

Permanent Security Council member
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5,694

GA votes

1,439 yes · 3,044 no · 1,174 abstain

2,815

SC votes

2,636 yes · 1 no · 98 abstain

95

Vetoes cast

P5 alignment

How often United States of America 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
France51.8%66.3%
Russian Federation21.6%51.5%
United Kingdom60.4%72.5%
China19.1%43.4%
FRA — 33.9%RUS — 14.1%GBR — 39.5%CHN — 12.5%

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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FRARUSGBRCHN

A/RES/33/183[J]

Programme of work of the Special Committee against Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-01-24

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/183[B]

International mobilization against apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-01-24

GANo

A/RES/33/183[N]

Apartheid in sports : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-01-24

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/183[L]

Situation in South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-01-24

GANo

A/RES/33/183[H]

Economic collaboration with South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-01-24

GANo

A/RES/33/183[M]

Military collaboration with South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-01-24

GANo

A/RES/33/183[E]

Oil embargo against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-01-24

GANo

A/RES/33/183[K]

Assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-01-24

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/183[O]

Investments in South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-01-24

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/183[G]

Nuclear collaboration with South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-01-24

GANo

A/RES/33/183[C]

Tributes to the memory of leaders and outstanding personalities who have made significant contributions to the struggles of the oppressed peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-01-24

GAYes

A/RES/33/183[I]

Dissemination of information on apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1979-01-24

GAYes

A/RES/33/182[A]

Situation in Namibia resulting from the illegal occupation of the Territory by South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/116[B-VIII]

Conditions of service and compensation for officials, other than Secretariat officials, serving the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/33/180[A]

Revised budget appropriations for the biennium 1978-1979 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-21

GANo

A/RES/33/116[B-IX]

Disarmament commission and its committee of the whole : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/33/181

Accommodation at the Vienna International Centre : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/33/182[C]

Programme of work of the United Nations Council for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/180[C]

Financing of the revised appropriations for the biennium 1978-1979 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/33/182[B]

Refusal of South Africa to comply with United Nations resolutions on Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/155

Effects of the world inflationary phenomenon on the development process : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/163

Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/151

Reverse transfer of technology : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/33/147

Assistance to the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GANo

A/RES/33/176

Importance of the experience of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Situation of Human Rights in Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/33/172

Missing persons in Cyprus : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/150

Specific action related to the particular needs of the land-locked developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/33/159

Debt problems of developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/175

Protection of human rights in Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/33/174

Establishment of the United Nations Trust Fund for Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/143

Personnel questions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/33/121[A]

Investments of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund in transnational corporations and in developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GANo

A/RES/33/116[A-VI]

1979 budget estimates for the International Computing Centre : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/33/119

Report of the International Civil Service Commission : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/33/118

Medium-term plan for the period 1980-1983 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/33/138

Question of the composition of the relevant organs of the United Nations : amendments to rules 31 and 38 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GANo

A/RES/33/137

Finance for development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/116[A-IV]

Amendments to the Financial Regulations of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/33/120

Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/33/136

Acceleration of the transfer of real resources to developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GANo

Vetoes cast by United States of America

S/2025/583 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2025-09-18

S/2025/353 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2025-06-04

S/2024/835 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2024-11-20

S/2024/312 — Admission of new Members

2024-04-18

S/2024/173 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2024-02-20

Oral amendment — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2023-12-22

S/2023/970 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2023-12-08

S/2023/773 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2023-10-18

S/2020/852 — Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts

2020-08-31

S/2018/516 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2018-06-01

S/2017/1060  — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2017-12-18

S/2011/24 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2011-02-18

S/2006/878 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2006-11-11

S/2006/508 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2006-07-13

S/2004/783 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2004-10-05

S/2004/240 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2004-03-25

S/2003/980 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2003-10-14

S/2003/891 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2003-09-16

S/2002/1385 — Middle East, including Palestinian question

2002-12-20

S/2002/712 — Bosnia and Herzegovina

2002-06-30

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