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/RES/2337(2017)

Security Council resolution 2337 (2017) [on outcome of the presidential elections held in Gambia on 1 Dec. 2016] · 2017-01-19

SCYes

S/RES/2336(2016)

Security Council resolution 2336 (2016) [on establishment of a ceasefire in the Syrian Arab Republic] · 2016-12-31

SCYes

S/RES/2335(2016)

Security Council resolution 2335 (2016) [on retention of funds in the escrow accounts authorized pursuant to Security Council resolution 1958 (2010) until 30 June 2017] · 2016-12-30

SCYes

A/RES/71/258

Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-23

GANo

A/RES/71/259

Treaty banning the Production of Fissile Material for Nuclear Weapons or Other Nuclear Explosive Devices : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-23

GAYes

A/RES/71/257

Oceans and the law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-23

GAYes

S/RES/2334(2016)

Security Council resolution 2334 (2016) [on cessation of Israeli settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem] · 2016-12-23

SCAbstain

S/RES/2333(2016)

Security Council resolution 2333 (2016) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 Mar. 2018] · 2016-12-23

SCYes

A/RES/71/250

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/71/248

International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/71/218

Oil slick on Lebanese shores : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-21

GANo

A/RES/71/221

Entrepreneurship for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/71/236

Towards a new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-21

GANo

A/RES/71/223

Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-21

GANo

A/RES/71/247

Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-21

GANo

S/RES/2332(2016)

Security Council resolution 2332 (2016) [on humanitarian situation in the Syrian Arab Republic and renewal of authorization of relief delivery and monitoring mechanism until 18 Jan. 2018] · 2016-12-21

SCYes

S/RES/2331(2016)

Security Council resolution 2331 (2016) [on trafficking in persons in armed conflicts] · 2016-12-20

SCYes

A/RES/71/189

Declaration on the Right to Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-19

GANo

A/RES/71/192

The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-19

GANo

A/RES/71/179

Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-19

GANo

A/RES/71/181

A global call for concrete action for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-19

GANo

A/RES/71/174

Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-19

GAAbstain

A/RES/71/205

Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/71/184

The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-19

GANo

A/RES/71/193

Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-19

GANo

A/RES/71/198

Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/71/204

Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/71/187

Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-19

GANo

A/RES/71/182

Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-19

GANo

A/RES/71/190

Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-19

GANo

A/RES/71/203

Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/71/197

Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2016-12-19

GANo

S/RES/2328(2016)

Security Council resolution 2328 (2016) [on humanitarian evacuations in Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic] · 2016-12-19

SCYes

S/RES/2330(2016)

Security Council resolution 2330 (2016) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) until 30 June 2017] · 2016-12-19

SCYes

S/RES/2329(2016)

Security Council resolution 2329 (2016) [on extension of the terms of office of permanent judges, Prosecutor and President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)] · 2016-12-19

SCYes

S/RES/2327(2016)

Security Council resolution 2327 (2016) [on increase of force levels of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and extension of the mandate until 15 Dec. 2017] · 2016-12-16

SCYes

S/RES/2326(2016)

Security Council resolution 2326 (2016) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until 16 Dec. 2016] · 2016-12-15

SCYes

S/RES/2325(2016)

Security Council resolution 2325 (2016) [on non-proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons] · 2016-12-15

SCYes

S/RES/2324(2016)

Security Council resolution 2324 (2016) [on Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon] · 2016-12-14

SCNon-voting

S/RES/2323(2016)

Security Council resolution 2323 (2016) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until 15 Sept. 2017] · 2016-12-13

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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