UN Votes

South Africa

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5,694

GA votes

2,611 yes · 238 no · 361 abstain

349

SC votes

340 yes · 0 no · 6 abstain

P5 alignment

How often South Africa 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
United States of America24.9%32.0%
France53.1%57.5%
Russian Federation68.9%71.8%
United Kingdom54.5%58.8%
China74.7%76.8%
USA — 9.0%FRA — 19.2%RUS — 24.9%GBR — 19.7%CHN — 27.1%

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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USAFRARUSGBRCHN

A/RES/45/176C

Military collaboration with South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-19

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/176E

Programme of work of the Special Committee against Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-19

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/176G

Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-19

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/176B

Concerted and effective measures aimed at eradicating apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-19

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/150

Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-18

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/164

International Year for the World's Indigenous People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-18

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/151

Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States in their electoral processes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-18

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/170

The situation of human rights in occupied Kuwait : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-18

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/132

Use of mercenaries as a means to violate human rights and to impede the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-14

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/145

Law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-14

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/87

World social situation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-14

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/84

Adverse consequences for the enjoyment of human rights of political, military, economic and other forms of assistance given to the racist and colonialist régime of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-14

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/130

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 · 1990-12-14

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/96

Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-14

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/90

Status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-14

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/83C

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-13

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/83B

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-13

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/83A

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-13

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/82

Co-operation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-13

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/78B

Question of Antarctica : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-12

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/80

Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-12

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/77

Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-12

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/78A

Question of Antarctica : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-12

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/74E

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/74C

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/73J

University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/73I

Protection of Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/73F

Resumption of the ration distribution to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/74D

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/74B

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/74A

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/73K

Protection of Palestinian students and educational institutions and safeguarding of the security of the facilities of UNRWA in the occupied Palestinian territory : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/73G

Return of population and refugees displaced since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/73E

Palestine refugees in the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/74G

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/73H

Revenues derived from Palestine refugees' properties : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/73D

Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/74F

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/73A

UNRWA : assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11

GANon-voting

A/RES/45/68

International Peace Conference on the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-06

GANon-voting