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United States

Security Council — figures below are for this body only.

UN code USA · ISO 3166-1 USA. Seen voting 1946-01-25 to 2026-09-29 (in the loaded data; not UN membership dates).

2751Recorded votes taken part in
4%Abstention rate98 of 2749 · Abstentions as a share of the country's yes, no and abstain positions.
95Vetoes cast

Yes 2650 · No 1 · Abstain 98 · Did not vote 2 · 78 resolutions adopted without a vote (not counted). See these votes →

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Vetoes cast

1970: 1 · 1972: 1 · 1973: 3 · 1974: 1 · 1975: 6 · 1976: 6 · 1977: 3 · 1980: 1 · 1981: 5 · 1982: 8 · 1983: 2 · 1984: 2 · 1985: 7 · 1986: 8 · 1987: 2 · 1988: 6 · 1989: 5 · 1990: 2 · 1995: 1 · 1996: 1 · 1997: 2 · 2001: 2 · 2002: 2 · 2003: 2 · 2004: 2 · 2006: 2 · 2011: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2025: 2 (Vetoes & Council)

Positions by topic

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

TopicYesNoAbstain
Peacekeeping and missions140207
Africa1093032
Middle East518040
Europe and Balkans42701
Sanctions28008
Asia and Pacific21002
Humanitarian and protection18209
Membership and appointments11403
International justice11201
Americas10002
Counter-terrorism8500
Non-proliferation and disarmament7000

Agreement with other countries (1946–2026)

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
Bahrain100%153
Slovakia100%140
Gambia100%135
Lithuania100%127
Bosnia and Herzegovina100%123
Luxembourg100%110
Guatemala100%99
Mauritania100%38
Cabo Verde99%147
Costa Rica99%277

Lowest agreement

CountryAgreementShared votes
Czechoslovakia53%53
Sudan62%34
Zambia71%100
German Democratic Republic71%38
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics74%688
Yugoslavia76%101
Nepal77%66
Paraguay78%27
Nicaragua79%62
Burundi81%31