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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Security Council — figures below are for this body only.

Former state · UN code SUN · ISO 3166-3 SUHH. Seen voting 1946-01-25 to 1991-12-31 (in the loaded data; not UN membership dates).

Held the permanent seat until Dec 1991; succeeded by the Russian Federation (RUS).
698Recorded votes taken part in
15%Abstention rate106 of 689 · Abstentions as a share of the country's yes, no and abstain positions.
120Vetoes cast

Yes 577 · No 6 · Abstain 106 · Did not vote 9 · 27 resolutions adopted without a vote (not counted). See these votes →

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Vetoes cast

1946: 12 · 1947: 13 · 1948: 7 · 1949: 14 · 1950: 5 · 1952: 8 · 1953: 1 · 1954: 4 · 1955: 17 · 1956: 2 · 1957: 3 · 1958: 5 · 1960: 5 · 1961: 7 · 1962: 1 · 1963: 1 · 1964: 2 · 1966: 1 · 1968: 1 · 1971: 3 · 1972: 1 · 1974: 1 · 1979: 2 · 1980: 2 · 1983: 1 · 1984: 1 (Vetoes & Council)

Positions by topic

Topics are assigned by keyword rules; a resolution can have several.

TopicYesNoAbstain
Middle East187045
Peacekeeping and missions137023
Africa11416
Membership and appointments11301
Europe and Balkans8403
Asia and Pacific29222
Sanctions1703
International justice1504
Americas1003
Humanitarian and protection1300
Non-proliferation and disarmament500
Counter-terrorism200

Agreement with other countries (1946–1991)

Share of shared recorded votes with the same position; only countries with at least 20 shared votes. Agreement is not alliance – see Methodology.

Highest agreement

CountryAgreementShared votes
Ethiopia100%84
Senegal100%67
Czechoslovakia100%53
Bulgaria100%50
German Democratic Republic100%38
Belarus100%38
United Republic of Tanzania100%35
Hungary100%27
Congo100%26
United Arab Emirates100%26

Lowest agreement

CountryAgreementShared votes
Türkiye58%24
Chile65%23
Syrian Arab Republic65%81
Gabon69%39
Norway71%78
Kuwait72%39
Belgium72%137
Cuba74%107
United States74%688
Canada74%166