South Africa
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 member | GA only | GA + SC |
|---|---|---|
| United States of America | 24.9% | 32.0% |
| France | 53.1% | 57.5% |
| Russian Federation | 68.9% | 71.8% |
| United Kingdom | 54.5% | 58.8% |
| China | 74.7% | 76.8% |
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.
A/RES/64/10
Follow-up to the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2009-11-05
A/RES/64/6
Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2009-10-28
A/RES/63/307
Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2009-09-09
A/RES/63/298
Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2009-06-30
A/RES/ES-10/18
General Assembly resolution supporting the immediate ceasefire according to Security Council resolution 1860 (2009) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2009-01-16
A/RES/63/241
Rights of the child : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-24
A/RES/63/240
Towards an arms trade treaty : establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-24
A/RES/63/245
Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-24
A/RES/63/242
Global efforts 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 · 2008-12-24
S/RES/1857(2008)
Security Council resolution 1857 (2008) [on renewal of measures on arms embargo against all non-governmental entities and individuals operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo] · 2008-12-22
S/RES/1859(2008)
Security Council resolution 1859 (2008) [on the extension of the arrangements for the depositing into the Development Fund for Iraq of proceeds from export sales of petroleum, petroleum products and natural gas] · 2008-12-22
S/RES/1856(2008)
Security Council resolution 1856 (2008) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)] · 2008-12-22
S/RES/1858(2008)
Security Council resolution 1858 (2008) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB)] · 2008-12-22
A/RES/63/211
Oil slick on Lebanese shores : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-19
A/RES/63/224
Towards a new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-19
A/RES/63/201
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 · 2008-12-19
S/RES/1853(2008)
Security Council resolution 1853 (2008) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Monitoring Group Established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1519 (2003)] · 2008-12-19
S/RES/1855(2008)
Security Council resolution 1855 (2008) [on the appointment of additional ad litem Judges to the International Tribunal for Rwanda] · 2008-12-19
S/RES/1854(2008)
Security Council resolution 1854 (2008) [on extension of the mandate of the Panel of Experts on Liberia] · 2008-12-19
A/RES/63/190
Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-18
A/RES/63/171
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-18
A/RES/63/189
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-18
A/RES/63/178
The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-18
A/RES/63/164
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 · 2008-12-18
A/RES/63/160
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-18
A/RES/63/187
The right to food : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-18
A/RES/63/165
The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-18
A/RES/63/188
Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-18
A/RES/63/182
Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-18
A/RES/63/167
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-18
A/RES/63/176
Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-18
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-18
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-18
A/RES/63/179
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-18
A/RES/63/162
Inadmissibility of certain practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-18
S/RES/1852(2008)
Security Council resolution 1852 (2008) [on extension of the mandate of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission in Lebanon] · 2008-12-17
S/RES/1851(2008)
Security Council resolution 1851 (2008) [on fight against piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia] · 2008-12-16
S/RES/1850(2008)
Security Council resolution 1850 (2008) [on the implementation of the Quartet Performance-based Road Map to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict] · 2008-12-16
S/RES/1848(2008)
Security Council resolution 1848 (2008) [on the extension of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)] · 2008-12-12
S/RES/1849(2008)
Security Council resolution 1849 (2008) [on the appointment of additional ad litem Judges to the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia] · 2008-12-12