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.

0%50%100%1946195019651980199520102025
FRARUSGBRCHN

S/RES/193(1964)

Security Council resolution 193 (1964) [calling for a cease-fire in Cyprus] · 1964-08-09

SCYes

S/RES/192(1964)

Security Council resolution 192 (1964) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1964-06-20

SCYes

S/RES/191(1964)

Security Council resolution 191 (1964) [on persons imprisoned, interned or sentenced to death for their opposition to the policy of apartheid] · 1964-06-18

SCYes

S/RES/190(1964)

Security Council resolution 190 (1964) [urging the Government of South Africa to end the Rivonia trial against the leaders of the anti-apartheid movement] · 1964-06-09

SCAbstain

S/RES/189(1964)

Security Council resolution 189 (1964) [on complaint concerning acts of aggression against the territory and civilian population of Cambodia] · 1964-06-04

SCYes

S/RES/188(1964)

Security Council resolution 188 (1964) [on complaint by Yemen regarding British air attack on Yemeni territory] · 1964-04-09

SCAbstain

S/RES/187(1964)

Security Council resolution 187 (1964) [on implementation of resolution 186 (1964) on the Cyprus question] · 1964-03-13

SCYes

S/RES/186(1964)

Security Council resolution 186 (1964) [on establishment of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1964-03-04

SCYes

A/RES/1991(XVIII)[A]

Question of equitable representation on the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-17

GAAbstain

A/RES/1979(XVIII)

Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/1991(XVIII)[B]

Question of equitable representation on the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-17

GAAbstain

A/RES/1983(XVIII)

United Nations Emergency Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/1990(XVIII)

Question of the composition of the General Committee of the General Assembly : amendments to rules 31 and 38 of the Assembly's rules of procedure : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/1992(XVIII)

Enlargement of the Economic Committee, the Social Committee and the Co-ordination Committee of the Economic and Social Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/1978(XVIII)[B]

The policies of apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/1967(XVIII)

Question of methods fact-finding : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-16

GAYes

S/RES/184(1963)

Security Council resolution 184 (1963) [on admission of Zanzibar to membership in the United Nations] · 1963-12-16

SCYes

S/RES/185(1963)

Security Council resolution 185 (1963) [on admission of Kenya to membership in the United Nations] · 1963-12-16

SCYes

A/RES/1964(XVIII)

The Korean question : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/1957(XVIII)

Installation of mechanical means of voting : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/1956(XVIII)

The situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-11

GAAbstain

A/RES/1948(XVIII)

Question of Oman : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-11

GAAbstain

S/RES/183(1963)

Security Council resolution 183 (1963) [on the question of Territories under Portuguese administration] · 1963-12-11

SCYes

S/RES/182(1963)

Security Council resolution 182 (1963) [requesting the Secretary-General to establish a group of experts to examine methods of resolving the situation in South Africa] · 1963-12-04

SCYes

A/RES/1913(XVIII)

Territories under Portuguese administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/1909(XVIII)

Question of convening a conference for the purpose of signing a convention on the prohibition of the use of nuclear and thermo-nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-11-27

GANo

A/RES/1911(XVIII)

Denuclearization of Latin America : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-11-27

GAYes

A/RES/1899(XVIII)

Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-11-13

GANo

A/RES/1889(XVIII)

Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-11-01

GAAbstain

A/RES/1883(XVIII)

Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-10-14

GAAbstain

A/RES/1885(XVIII)

United Nations Operation in the Congo : cost estimates and financing for the period 1 January to 30 June 1964 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-10-12

GAYes

A/RES/1881(XVIII)

The policies of apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-10-11

GAYes

S/RES/181(1963)

Security Council resolution 181 (1963) [calling upon all States to cease the sale and shipment of arms to South Africa] · 1963-08-07

SCYes

S/RES/180(1963)

Security Council resolution 180 (1963) [on the question of Territories under Portuguese administration] · 1963-07-31

SCAbstain

A/RES/1876(S-IV)

United Nations Operation in the Congo : cost estimates and financing for the period 1 July to 31 December 1963 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-06-27

GAYes

A/RES/1875(S-IV)

United Nations Emergency Force : cost estimates and financing for the period 1 July to 31 December 1963 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-06-27

GAYes

A/RES/1877(S-IV)

Payment of arrears in respect of assessed contributions to the United Nations Emergency Force Special Account and the Ad Hoc Account for the United Nations Operations in the Congo : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1963-06-27

GAYes

S/RES/179(1963)

Security Council resolution 179 (1963) [on reports of the Secretary-General concerning developments relating to Yemen] · 1963-06-11

SCYes

S/RES/178(1963)

Security Council resolution 178 (1963) [on incursion by Portuguese military forces into Senegalese territory] · 1963-04-24

SCYes

A/RES/1857(XVII)

Question of Hungary : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1962-12-20

GAYes

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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