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

S/RES/1511(2003)

Security Council resolution 1511 (2003) [on authorizing a multinational force under unified command to take all necessary measures to contribute to the maintenance of security and stability in Iraq] · 2003-10-16

SCYes

S/2003/980

Draft resolution S/2003/980 — vetoed by USA · 2003-10-14

SCVetoedNo

S/RES/1510(2003)

Security Council resolution 1510 (2003) [on expansion of the mandate and extension of the authorization of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan] · 2003-10-13

SCYes

S/RES/1508(2003)

Security Council resolution 1508 (2003) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL)] · 2003-09-19

SCYes

S/RES/1509(2003)

Security Council resolution 1509 (2003) [on establishment of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)] · 2003-09-19

SCYes

S/2003/891

Draft resolution S/2003/891 — vetoed by USA · 2003-09-16

SCVetoedNo

S/RES/1507(2003)

Security Council resolution 1507 (2003) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)] · 2003-09-12

SCYes

S/RES/1506(2003)

Security Council resolution 1505 (2003) [on lifting of sanctions against the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya] · 2003-09-12

SCAbstain

S/RES/1504(2003)

Security Council resolution 1504 (2003) [on the appointment of Carla Del Ponte as Prosecutor of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia] · 2003-09-04

SCYes

S/RES/1505(2003)

Security Council resolution 1505 (2003) [on the appointment of Hassan Bubacar Jallow as Prosecutor of the International Tribunal for Rwanda] · 2003-09-04

SCYes

S/RES/1503(2003)

Security Council resolution 1503 (2003) [on amending Article 15 of the Statute of the International Tribunal for Rwanda] · 2003-08-28

SCYes

S/RES/1502(2003)

Security Council resolution 1502 (2003) [on protection of humanitarian personnel and the UN and its associated personnel in conflict zones] · 2003-08-26

SCYes

S/RES/1501(2003)

Security Council resolution 1501 (2003) [on authorization for the Interim Emergency Multinational Force to provide assistance to the UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo contingent deployed in Bunia and its immediate surroundings during the period of the Force's disengagement] · 2003-08-26

SCYes

S/RES/1500(2003)

Security Council resolution 1500 (2003) [on the establishment of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq] · 2003-08-14

SCYes

S/RES/1499(2003)

Security Council resolution 1499 (2003) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Expert Panel on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo] · 2003-08-13

SCYes

S/RES/1498(2003)

Security Council resolution 1498 (2003) [renewal of the authorization given to Member States participating in ECOWAS forces in Côte d'Ivoire] · 2003-08-04

SCYes

S/RES/1497(2003)

Security Council resolution 1497 (2003) [on establishment of the Multinational Force in Liberia] · 2003-08-01

SCYes

S/RES/1496(2003)

Security Council resolution 1496 (2003) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)] · 2003-07-31

SCYes

S/RES/1495(2003)

Security Council resolution 1495 (2003) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)] · 2003-07-31

SCYes

S/RES/1494(2003)

Security Council resolution 1494 (2003) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)] · 2003-07-30

SCYes

S/RES/1493(2003)

Security Council resolution 1493 (2003) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)] · 2003-07-28

SCYes

S/RES/1492(2003)

Security Council resolution 1492 (2003) [on the drawdown of the UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL)] · 2003-07-18

SCYes

S/RES/1491(2003)

Security Council resolution 1491 (2003) [on authorizing continuance of the multinational stabilization force for a further period of 12 months] · 2003-07-11

SCYes

S/RES/1490(2003)

Security Council resolution 1490 (2003) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM)] · 2003-07-03

SCYes

S/RES/1488(2003)

Security Council resolution 1488 (2003) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)] · 2003-06-26

SCYes

S/RES/1489(2003)

Security Council resolution 1489 (2003) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)] · 2003-06-26

SCYes

S/RES/1487(2003)

Security Council resolution 1487 (2003) [on extension for 12 months of suspension of investigation or prosecution cases involving personnel from States not parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court] · 2003-06-12

SCYes

S/RES/1486(2003)

Security Council resolution 1486 (2003) [on extension of the mandate of UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)] · 2003-06-11

SCYes

S/RES/1485(2003)

Security Council resolution 1485 (2003) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)] · 2003-05-30

SCYes

S/RES/1484(2003)

Security Council resolution 1484 (2003) [on authorizing deployment of an Interim Emergency Multinational Force in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo] · 2003-05-30

SCYes

S/RES/1483(2003)

Security Council resolution 1483 (2003) [on lifting economic sanctions on Iraq imposed by resolution 661 (1990)] · 2003-05-22

SCYes

S/RES/1480(2003)

Security Council resolution 1480 (2003) [on the extention of the mandate of the UN Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET)] · 2003-05-19

SCYes

S/RES/1481(2003)

Security Council resolution 1481 (2003) [on amending article 13 quater of the Statute of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia] · 2003-05-19

SCYes

S/RES/1482(2003)

Security Council resolution 1482 (2003) [on extention of the term of office of 4 non-elected permanent judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda] · 2003-05-19

SCYes

S/RES/1479(2003)

Security Council resolution 1479 (2003) [on establishment of the UN Mission in Côte d'Ivoire (MINUCI)] · 2003-05-13

SCYes

S/RES/1478(2003)

Security Council resolution 1478 (2003) [on measures imposed to enforce compliance with demands in resolution 1343 (2001) concerning Liberia] · 2003-05-06

SCYes

S/RES/1477(2003)

Security Council resolution 1477 (2003) [on nominations for ad litem judges of the International Tribunal for Rwanda] · 2003-04-29

SCYes

S/RES/1476(2003)

Security Council resolution 1476 (2003) [on providing humanitarian assistance to the people of Iraq] · 2003-04-24

SCYes

S/RES/1475(2003)

Security Council resolution 1475 (2003) [on negotiations for a political settlement in Cyprus within the framework of the Secretary-General's mission of good offices] · 2003-04-14

SCYes

S/RES/1474(2003)

Security Council resolution 1474 (2003) [on improving the implementation and enhancing the monitoring of the enforcement of the arms embargo in Somalia] · 2003-04-08

SCYes

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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