UN Votes

South Africa

Full country dossier at GA Speeches →

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.

0%50%100%1946195019651980199520102025
USAFRARUSGBRCHN