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/41/39B

Namibia : implementation of Security Council resolution 435 (1978) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-11-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/39A

Situation in Namibia resulting from the illegal occupation of the Territory by South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-11-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/39D

Dissemination of information and mobilization of international public opinion in support of the immediate independence of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-11-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/35D

Programme of work of the Special Committee against Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-11-10

GANo

A/RES/41/35H

Concerted international action for the elimination of apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-11-10

GANo

A/RES/41/35F

Oil embargo against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-11-10

GANo

A/RES/41/35E

Statute of the International Convention against Apartheid in Sports : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-11-10

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/35A

Situation in South Africa and assistance to the liberation movements : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-11-10

GANo

A/RES/41/35C

Relations between Israel and South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-11-10

GANo

A/RES/41/35B

Comprehensive and mandatory sanctions against the racist regime of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-11-10

GANo

A/RES/41/34

Law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-11-05

GANo

A/RES/41/33

The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-11-05

GAYes

A/RES/41/30

Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-11-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/31

Judgment of the International Court of Justice of 27 June 1986 concerning military and paramilitary activities in and against Nicaragua : need for immediate compliance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-11-03

GANo

A/RES/41/14

Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Namibia and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-10-31

GANo

A/RES/41/15

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-10-31

GANo

A/RES/41/16

Question of Western Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-10-31

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/13

Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-10-31

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/12

Armed Israeli aggression against the Iraqi nuclear installations and its grave consequences for the established international system concerning the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and international peace and security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-10-29

GANo

S/18428

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

SCVetoedNo

A/RES/41/11

Declaration of a zone of peace and co-operation of the South Atlantic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-10-27

GANo

A/RES/41/10

Right of peoples to peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-10-24

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/6

The situation in Kampuchea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-10-21

GAYes

A/RES/41/4

Co-operation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-10-17

GANo

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

A/RES/S-14/1

Question of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-09-20

GAAbstain

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

S/RES/581(1986)

Security Council resolution 581 (1986) [on South Africa's threats against States in southern Africa] · 1986-02-13

SCAbstain

S/17796/Rev.1

Draft resolution S/17796/Rev.1 — vetoed by USA · 1986-02-06

SCVetoedNo

S/17769/Rev.1

Draft resolution S/17769/Rev.1 — vetoed by USA · 1986-01-30

SCVetoedNo

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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