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/19780

Draft resolution S/19780 — vetoed by USA · 1988-04-15

SCVetoedNo

S/RES/610(1988)

Security Council resolution 610 (1988) [on death sentences imposed on 6 South Africans] · 1988-03-16

SCYes

S/19585

Draft resolution S/19585 — vetoed by USA, GBR · 1988-03-08

SCVetoedNo

S/19466

Draft resolution S/19466 — vetoed by USA · 1988-02-01

SCVetoedNo

S/RES/609(1988)

Security Council resolution 609 (1988) [on extension of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1988-01-29

SCYes

S/19434

Draft resolution S/19434 — vetoed by USA · 1988-01-18

SCVetoedNo

S/RES/608(1988)

Security Council resolution 608 (1988) [on the deportation of Palestinian civilians by Israel] · 1988-01-14

SCAbstain

S/RES/607(1988)

Security Council resolution 607 (1988) [on the deportation of Palestinian civilians from the occupied Arab territories] · 1988-01-05

SCYes

S/RES/606(1987)

Security Council resolution 606 (1987) [on withdrawal of South African military forces from Angola] · 1987-12-23

SCYes

S/RES/605(1987)

Security Council resolution 605 (1987) [on protection of Palestinian civilians under Israel occupation] · 1987-12-22

SCAbstain

S/RES/604(1987)

Security Council resolution 604 (1987) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1987-12-14

SCYes

S/RES/603(1987)

Security Council resolution 603 (1987) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1987-11-25

SCYes

S/RES/602(1987)

Security Council resolution 602 (1987) [on South Africa's military activities against Angola] · 1987-11-25

SCYes

S/RES/601(1987)

Security Council resolution 601 (1987) [authorizing the Secretary-General to arrange a cease-fire between South Africa and SWAPO] · 1987-10-30

SCAbstain

S/RES/600(1987)

Security Council resolution 600 (1987) [on the conditions under which Nauru might become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice] · 1987-10-19

SCYes

S/RES/599(1987)

Security Council resolution 599 (1987) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1987-07-31

SCYes

S/RES/598(1987)

Security Council resolution 598 (1987) [requesting the Secretary-General to dispatch observers to supervise the cease-fire between Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran] · 1987-07-20

SCYes

S/RES/597(1987)

Security Council resolution 597 (1987) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1987-06-12

SCYes

S/RES/596(1987)

Security Council resolution 596 (1987) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1987-05-29

SCYes

S/18785

Draft resolution S/18785 — vetoed by USA, GBR · 1987-04-09

SCVetoedNo

S/RES/595(1987)

Security Council resolution 595 (1987) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1987-03-27

SCYes

S/18705

Draft resolution S/18705 — vetoed by USA, GBR · 1987-02-20

SCVetoedNo

S/RES/594(1987)

Security Council resolution 594 (1987) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1987-01-15

SCYes

S/RES/593(1986)

Security Council resolution 593 (1986) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1986-12-11

SCYes

S/RES/592(1986)

Security Council resolution 592 (1986) [on Israeli policy towards Palestinians in the occupied territories] · 1986-12-08

SCAbstain

S/RES/591(1986)

Security Council resolution 591 (1986) [on the arms embargo against South Africa] · 1986-11-28

SCYes

S/RES/590(1986)

Security Council resolution 590 (1986) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1986-11-26

SCYes

S/18428

Draft resolution S/18428 — vetoed by USA · 1986-10-28

SCVetoedNo

S/RES/589(1986)

Security Council resolution 589 (1986) [on appointment of Javier Pérez de Cuéllar as Secretary-General of the United Nations] · 1986-10-10

SCYes

S/RES/588(1986)

Security Council resolution 588 (1986) [on implementation of resolution 582 (1986) on the armed conflict between Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran] · 1986-10-08

SCYes

S/RES/587(1986)

Security Council resolution 587 (1986) [on security of the personnel of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1986-09-23

SCAbstain

S/18250

Draft resolution S/18250 — vetoed by USA · 1986-07-31

SCVetoedNo

S/RES/586(1986)

Security Council resolution 586 (1986) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1986-07-18

SCYes

S/18163

Draft resolution S/18163 — vetoed by USA, GBR · 1986-06-18

SCVetoedNo

S/RES/585(1986)

Security Council resolution 585 (1986) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1986-06-13

SCYes

S/RES/584(1986)

Security Council resolution 584 (1986) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1986-05-29

SCYes

S/18087/Rev. 1

Draft resolution S/18087/Rev. 1 — vetoed by USA, GBR · 1986-05-23

SCVetoedNo

S/18016/Rev. 1

Draft resolution S/18016/Rev. 1 — vetoed by FRA, USA, GBR · 1986-04-21

SCVetoedNo

S/RES/583(1986)

Security Council resolution 583 (1986) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1986-04-18

SCYes

S/RES/582(1986)

Security Council resolution 582 (1986) [calling for cease-fire and exchange of prisoners between Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran] · 1986-02-24

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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