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/14459

Draft resolution S/14459 — vetoed by FRA, USA, GBR · 1981-04-30

SCVetoedNo

S/14460/Rev.1

Draft resolution S/14460/Rev.1 — vetoed by FRA, USA, GBR · 1981-04-30

SCVetoedNo

S/14461

Draft resolution S/14461 — vetoed by FRA, USA, GBR · 1981-04-30

SCVetoedNo

S/14462

Draft resolution S/14462 — vetoed by FRA, USA, GBR · 1981-04-30

SCVetoedNo

S/RES/484(1980)

Security Council resolution 484 (1980) [on expulsion by Israel of the Mayors of Hebron and Halhoul] · 1980-12-19

SCYes

S/RES/483(1980)

Security Council resolution 483 (1980) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1980-12-17

SCYes

S/RES/482(1980)

Security Council resolution 482 (1980) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1980-12-11

SCYes

S/RES/481(1980)

Security Council resolution 481 (1980) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1980-11-26

SCYes

S/RES/480(1980)

Security Council resolution 480 (1980) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1980-11-12

SCYes

S/RES/479(1980)

Security Council resolution 479 (1980) [calling upon Iran and Iraq to refrain immediately from any further use of force and to accept any appropriate offer of mediation] · 1980-09-28

SCYes

S/RES/478(1980)

Security Council resolution 478 (1980) [on the status of Jerusalem] · 1980-08-20

SCAbstain

S/RES/477(1980)

Security Council resolution 477 (1980) [on admission of Zimbabwe to membership in the United Nations] · 1980-07-30

SCYes

S/RES/476(1980)

Security Council resolution 476 (1980) [on the status of Jerusalem] · 1980-06-30

SCAbstain

S/RES/475(1980)

Security Council resolution 475 (1980) [on policies of South Africa towards Angola] · 1980-06-27

SCAbstain

S/RES/474(1980)

Security Council resolution 474 (1980) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1980-06-17

SCYes

S/RES/473(1980)

Security Council resolution 473 (1980) [calling upon South Africa to take measures to eliminate the policy of apartheid and grant to all South African citizens equal rights] · 1980-06-13

SCYes

S/RES/472(1980)

Security Council resolution 472 (1980) [extending the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1980-06-13

SCYes

S/RES/471(1980)

Security Council resolution 471 (1980) [on assassination attempts against the Mayors of Nablus, Ramallah and Al Bireh] · 1980-06-05

SCAbstain

S/RES/470(1980)

Security Council resolution 470 (1980) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1980-05-30

SCYes

S/RES/469(1980)

Security Council resolution 469 (1980) [on deportation of Palestinian leaders from territories occupied by Israel] · 1980-05-20

SCAbstain

S/RES/468(1980)

Security Council resolution 468 (1980) [on deportation of Palestinian leaders from territories occupied by Israel] · 1980-05-08

SCAbstain

S/13911

Draft resolution S/13911 — vetoed by USA · 1980-04-30

SCVetoedNo

S/RES/467(1980)

Security Council resolution 467 (1980) [condemning the deliberate shelling of the headquarters of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1980-04-24

SCAbstain

S/RES/466(1980)

Security Council resolution 466 (1980) [on South Africa's military actions against Zambia] · 1980-04-11

SCYes

S/RES/465(1980)

Security Council resolution 465 (1980) [on Israeli settlement policies in the occupied territories] · 1980-03-01

SCYes

S/RES/464(1980)

Security Council resolution 464 (1980) [on admission of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to membership in the United Nations] · 1980-02-19

SCYes

S/RES/463(1980)

Security Council resolution 463 (1980) [calling upon United Kingdom to create conditions in Southern Rhodesia which will ensure free and fair elections] · 1980-02-02

SCYes

S/RES/462(1980)

Security Council resolution 462 (1980) [deciding to call an emergency special session of the General Assembly on the Afghanistan situation] · 1980-01-09

SCYes

S/RES/461(1979)

Security Council resolution 461 (1979) [on detention of persons of United States nationality in Iran] · 1979-12-31

SCYes

S/RES/460(1979)

Security Council resolution 460 (1979) [on the termination of sanctions against Southern Rhodesia] · 1979-12-21

SCYes

S/RES/459(1979)

Security Council resolution 459 (1979) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1979-12-19

SCYes

S/RES/458(1979)

Security Council resolution 458 (1979) [extending the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1979-12-14

SCYes

S/RES/457(1979)

Security Council resolution 457 (1979) [on diplomatic relations between Iran and the United States] · 1979-12-04

SCYes

S/RES/456(1979)

Security Council resolution 456 (1979) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1979-11-30

SCYes

S/RES/455(1979)

Security Council resolution 455 (1979) [on Southern Rhodesia's policies towards Zambia] · 1979-11-23

SCYes

S/RES/454(1979)

Security Council resolution 454 (1979) [on South Africa's policies towards Angola and other front-line States] · 1979-11-02

SCAbstain

S/RES/453(1979)

Security Council resolution 453 (1979) [on admission of Saint Lucia to membership in the United Nations] · 1979-09-12

SCYes

S/RES/452(1979)

Security Council resolution 452 (1979) [on Israeli settlement policies in the occupied territories] · 1979-07-20

SCAbstain

S/RES/451(1979)

Security Council resolution 451 (1979) [extending the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1979-06-15

SCYes

S/RES/450(1979)

Security Council resolution 450 (1979) [renewing the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1979-06-14

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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