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/38/36A

Situation in Namibia resulting from the illegal occupation of the Territory by South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-01

GAAbstain

A/RES/38/35B

Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Obsever Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-01

GAYes

A/RES/38/36B

Implementation of Security Council resolution 435 (1978) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-01

GAAbstain

A/RES/38/35A

Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Obsever Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-01

GAYes

A/RES/38/36E

UN Fund for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-12-01

GAAbstain

S/RES/543(1983)

Security Council resolution 543 (1983) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1983-11-29

SCYes

A/RES/38/34

Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-11-25

GAAbstain

A/RES/38/29

The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-11-23

GAYes

S/RES/542(1983)

Security Council resolution 542 (1983) [on the situation in northern Lebanon] · 1983-11-23

SCYes

A/RES/38/25

National experience in achieving far-reaching social and economic changes for the purpose of social progress : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-11-22

GANo

A/RES/38/17

Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-11-22

GANo

A/RES/38/19

Status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-11-22

GANo

A/RES/38/13

Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-11-21

GAAbstain

S/RES/541(1983)

Security Council resolution 541 (1983) [on declaration by the Turkish Cypriot community of its secession from Cyprus] · 1983-11-18

SCYes

A/RES/38/12

Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-11-16

GAYes

A/RES/38/11

Proposed new racial constitution of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-11-15

GAAbstain

A/RES/38/9

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 · 1983-11-10

GANo

A/RES/38/7

The situation in Grenada : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-11-02

GANo

S/RES/540(1983)

Security Council resolution 540 (1983) [on the situation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq] · 1983-10-31

SCYes

S/RES/539(1983)

Security Council resolution 539 (1983) [rejecting South Africa's insistence on linking the independence of Namibia to irrelevant and extraneous issues as incompatible with resolution 435 (1978)] · 1983-10-28

SCAbstain

A/RES/38/3

The situation in Kampuchea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-10-27

GAYes

S/16077/Rev.1

Draft resolution S/16077/Rev.1 — vetoed by USA · 1983-10-27

SCVetoedNo

S/RES/538(1983)

Security Council resolution 538 (1983) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1983-10-18

SCYes

S/RES/537(1983)

Security Council resolution 537 (1983) [on admission of Saints Kitts and Nevis to membership in the United Nations] · 1983-09-22

SCYes

S/15895

Draft resolution S/15895 — vetoed by USA · 1983-08-02

SCVetoedNo

S/RES/536(1983)

Security Council resolution 536 (1983) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1983-07-18

SCYes

S/RES/535(1983)

Security Council resolution 535 (1983) [on UN Mission to Lesotho] · 1983-06-29

SCYes

S/RES/534(1983)

Security Council resolution 534 (1983) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Forces in Cyprus] · 1983-06-15

SCYes

S/RES/533(1983)

Security Council resolution 533 (1983) [on death sentences imposed on 3 members of the African National Congress] · 1983-06-07

SCYes

S/RES/532(1983)

Security Council resolution 532 (1983) [on implementation of Security Council resolution 435 (1978) on the Namibia question] · 1983-05-31

SCYes

S/RES/531(1983)

Security Council resolution 531 (1983) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1983-05-26

SCYes

S/RES/530(1983)

Security Council resolution 530 (1983) [on the situation in Central America] · 1983-05-19

SCYes

A/RES/37/253

Question of Cyprus : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-05-13

GAAbstain

S/RES/529(1983)

Security Council resolution 529 (1983) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1983-01-18

SCYes

A/RES/37/244

Long-term financial and institutional arrangements for the United Nations Financing System for Science and Technology for Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/37/243A

Revised budget appropriations for the biennium 1982-1983 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-21

GANo

A/RES/37/237XII

Changes in the top echelon of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-21

GANo

A/RES/37/236B

Respect for the privileges and immunities of officials of the United Nations and the specialized agencies and related organizations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/37/237XI

Adequacy of the conference facilities of the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-21

GANo

A/RES/37/251

Development of the energy resources of developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-21

GANo

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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