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/39/71

Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/73

Law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GANo

A/RES/39/72E

Public information and public action against apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/72C

Relations between Israel and South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GANo

A/RES/39/72G

Concerted international action for the elimination of apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GANo

A/RES/39/72A

Comprehensive sanctions against the apartheid regime and support to the liberation struggle in South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GANo

A/RES/39/90

Review of the multilateral treaty-making process : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/75

Progressive development of the principles and norms of international law relating to the new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/80

Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/76

Observer status of national liberation movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity and/or by the League of Arab States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GANo

A/RES/39/72B

Programme of work of the Special Committee against Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GANo

A/RES/39/81

Report of the Special Committee on Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Principle of Non-Use of Force in International Relations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GANo

A/RES/39/72D

Apartheid in sports : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/70

Review of the rates of reimbursement to the Governments of troop-contributing States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/63D

World Disarmament Campaign : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/62

Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GANo

A/RES/39/52

Cessation of all test explosions of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GANo

A/RES/39/58

Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/57

Conclusion of an international convention on the strengthening of the security of non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GANo

A/RES/39/50D

Dissemination of information and mobilization of international public opinion in support of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/65A

Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/61A

Implementation of the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/50E

UN Fund for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/65B

Prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GANo

A/RES/39/63G

Freeze on nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GANo

A/RES/39/65E

Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/63K

Disarmament and international security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/61B

Implementation of the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa : nuclear capability of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GANo

A/RES/39/59

Prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/53

Urgent need for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/63C

Nuclear-arms freeze : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GANo

A/RES/39/55

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/51

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 38/61 concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/50B

Question of Namibia : implementation of Security Council resolution 435 (1978) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/50A

Situation in Namibia resulting from illegal occupation of the Territory by South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/64B

Reduction of military budgets : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/63H

Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GANo

A/RES/39/63A

World Disarmament Campaign : actions and activities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/60

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 38/72 on the immediate cessation and prohibition of nuclear-weapon tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GANo

A/RES/39/50C

Programme of work of the UN Council for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

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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