Key Votes

Closest recorded-vote margins and splits among the five permanent Security Council members.

Closest margins P5 splits
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Votes where at least one P5 member voted Yes and at least one voted No. Showing 1–50 of 108.

Resolution Title Date Yes No Abstain
RUS
USA
GBR
CHN
FRA
31/37 GA United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon 1976-11-12 162 7 7
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/74/243 GA Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Pales… 2019-12-19 160 6 15
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/74/201 GA International trade and development : resolution / adopted by the Gen… 2019-12-19 176 2 0
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/74/202 GA International financial system and development : resolution / adopted… 2019-12-19 179 1 0
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/74/241 GA International Tea Day : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2019-12-19 127 3 44
Y N A Y A
A/RES/74/226 GA Combating sand and dust storms : resolution / adopted by the General … 2019-12-19 177 2 1
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/74/237 GA Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainabl… 2019-12-19 126 49 2
Y N N Y N
A/RES/74/200 GA Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coe… 2019-12-19 122 2 51
Y N A Y A
32/132 GA Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1977-11-28 127 3 44
Y N — Y A
A/RES/74/228 GA Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of… 2019-12-19 134 2 44
Y N A Y A
A/RES/74/247 GA Countering the use of information and communications technologies for… 2019-12-19 79 60 33
Y N N Y N
31/37 GA United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon 1976-11-12 122 2 51
Y N A Y A
A/RES/74/208 GA Oil slick on Lebanese shores : resolution / adopted by the General As… 2019-12-19 162 7 7
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/74/216 GA Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementa… 2019-12-19 131 2 49
Y N A Y A
A/RES/74/246 GA Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in… 2019-12-19 134 9 28
N Y Y N Y
A/RES/74/204 GA Commodities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2019-12-19 177 1 0
Y N Y Y Y
32/95 GA Emergency assistance for South African refugee students 1977-11-28 134 9 28
N Y Y N Y
A/RES/74/224 GA Harmony with nature : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2019-12-19 134 2 45
Y N A Y A
A/RES/74/154 GA Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted … 2019-12-18 135 55 0
Y N N Y N
A/RES/74/136 GA Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices tha… 2019-12-18 133 2 52
Y N A Y A
32/127 GA Regional arrangements for the p 1977-12-16 134 52 1
Y N N Y N
32/132 GA Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1977-11-28 135 9 43
Y N N Y N
A/RES/74/138 GA Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding … 2019-12-18 130 52 7
Y N N Y N
A/RES/74/159 GA Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the Gen… 2019-12-18 136 55 0
Y N N Y N
40/229 GA Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations s… 1985-12-13 136 55 0
Y — N Y N
A/RES/74/149 GA The right to food : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2019-12-18 188 2 0
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/74/168 GA Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and th… 2019-12-18 65 23 83
N Y Y N Y
31/37 GA United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon 1976-11-12 130 52 7
Y N N Y N
A/RES/74/137 GA A global call for concrete action for the total elimination of racism… 2019-12-18 135 9 43
Y N N Y N
31/37 GA United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon 1976-11-12 133 2 52
Y N — Y A
32/101 GA Assistance to Guinea-Bissau 1977-11-28 135 55 0
Y — N Y N
A/RES/74/152 GA The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assem… 2019-12-18 138 23 26
Y N N Y N
A/RES/74/169 GA Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / … 2019-12-18 106 15 57
N Y Y N Y
A/RES/74/122 GA Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Developm… 2019-12-18 186 2 0
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/74/155 GA Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of… 2019-12-18 134 52 1
Y N N Y N
32/97 GA Assistance to Botswana 1977-12-13 128 53 8
Y N N Y N
A/RES/74/139 GA The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : resolutio… 2019-12-18 167 5 11
Y N Y Y Y
32/132 GA Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1977-11-28 167 5 11
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/74/167 GA Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolutio… 2019-12-18 81 30 70
N Y Y N Y
A/RES/74/150 GA Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolut… 2019-12-18 128 53 8
Y N N Y N
32/99 GA Assistance to Cape Verde 1977-12-13 138 23 26
Y N N Y N
31/125 GA International Year for Disabled Persons 1976-12-13 157 9 13
Y N Y Y Y
31/37 GA United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon 1976-11-12 169 2 9
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/74/83 GA Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the Genera… 2019-12-13 169 2 9
Y N Y Y Y
32/132 GA Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1977-11-28 157 7 15
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/74/112 GA Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted… 2019-12-13 178 3 2
Y N N Y A
A/RES/74/85 GA Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestin… 2019-12-13 167 6 7
Y N Y Y Y
31/37 GA United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon 1976-11-12 81 13 80
A N A Y A
A/RES/74/113 GA Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to … 2019-12-13 134 3 46
Y N N Y A
A/RES/74/84 GA Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostili… 2019-12-13 162 7 11
Y N Y Y Y