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/32/7

Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-11-01

GAAbstain

S/RES/417(1977)

Security Council resolution 417 (1977) [condemning the South African Government for its resort to massive violence and repression against the black people] · 1977-10-31

SCYes

S/12310/Rev. 1

Draft resolution S/12310/Rev. 1 — vetoed by FRA, USA, GBR · 1977-10-31

SCVetoedNo

S/12311/Rev. 1

Draft resolution S/12311/Rev. 1 — vetoed by FRA, USA, GBR · 1977-10-31

SCVetoedNo

S/12312/Rev. 1

Draft resolution S/12312/Rev. 1 — vetoed by FRA, USA, GBR · 1977-10-31

SCVetoedNo

A/RES/32/5

Recent illegal Israeli measures in the occupied Arab territories designed to change to legal status, geographical nature and demographic composition of those territories in contravention of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, of Israel's international obligations under the 4th Geneva convention of 1949 and of United Nations resolutions, and obstruction of efforts aimed at achieving a just and lasting peace in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1977-10-28

GAAbstain

S/RES/416(1977)

Security Council resolution 416 (1977) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Emergency Force] · 1977-10-21

SCYes

S/RES/415(1977)

Security Council resolution 415 (1977) [on appointment of a representative of the Secretary-General on Southern Rhodesia] · 1977-09-29

SCYes

S/RES/414(1977)

Security Council resolution 414 (1977) [calling for a resumption of negotiations on the Cyprus question] · 1977-09-15

SCNon-voting

S/RES/413(1977)

Security Council resolution 413 (1977) [on admission of Viet Nam to membership in the United Nations] · 1977-07-20

SCYes

S/RES/412(1977)

Security Council resolution 412 (1977) [on admission of Djibouti to membership in the United Nations] · 1977-07-07

SCYes

S/RES/411(1977)

Security Council resolution 411 (1977) [on Southern Rhodesia's military activities against Mozambique] · 1977-06-30

SCYes

S/RES/410(1977)

Security Council resolution 410 (1977) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1977-06-15

SCYes

S/RES/409(1977)

Security Council resolution 409 (1977) [deciding that all Member States shall prohibit the use or transfer of any funds in their territories by Southern Rhodesia] · 1977-05-27

SCNon-voting

S/RES/408(1977)

Security Council resolution 408 (1977) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1977-05-26

SCYes

S/RES/407(1977)

Security Council resolution 407 (1977) [on assistance to Lesotho] · 1977-05-25

SCNon-voting

S/RES/406(1977)

Security Council resolution 406 (1977) [on assistance to Botswana] · 1977-05-25

SCNon-voting

S/RES/405(1977)

Security Council resolution 405 (1977) [condemning the armed aggression against Benin of 16 January 1977] · 1977-04-14

SCYes

S/RES/404(1977)

Security Council resolution 404 (1977) [on the United Nations special mission to Benin] · 1977-02-08

SCYes

S/RES/403(1977)

Security Council resolution 403 (1977) [on Southern Rhodesia's acts of provocation against Botswana] · 1977-01-14

SCAbstain

A/RES/31/5[C]

Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and of the United Nations Disengagement Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/31/208[III]

Future trend in computer usage : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/31/206

Revised estimate concerning the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GAAbstain

A/RES/31/204

Emoluments of the members of the International Court of Justice : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GANo

A/RES/31/207[A]

Revised budget appropirations for the biennium 1976-1977 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GAAbstain

A/RES/31/208[I]

Yearbook of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/31/207[B]

Revised income estimates for the biennium 1976-1977 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/31/5[D]

Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and of the United Nations Disengagement Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/31/195

Expansion of meeting rooms and improvement of conference servicing and delegate facilities at United Nations Headquarters : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/31/207[C]

Financing of appropriations for the year 1977 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/31/197

Investments of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-22

GANo

S/RES/402(1976)

Security Council resolution 402 (1976) [on South Africa's closure of border posts between Lesotho and South Africa] · 1976-12-22

SCYes

A/RES/31/189[A]

General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GANo

A/RES/31/174

Ways and means of accelerating the transfer of real resources to developing countries on a predictable, assured and continuous basis : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GANo

A/RES/31/158

Debt problems of developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GANo

A/RES/31/157

Specific action in favour of land-locked developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/31/189[C]

General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/31/189[D]

General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/31/177

Statute of the United Nations Special Fund for Land-Locked Developing Countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/31/186

Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Arab territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1976-12-21

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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