Key Votes

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

Closest margins P5 splits
Body: All GA SC Margin ≤ 5 10 20 50

27 resolutions adopted by a margin of 10 votes or fewer.

Resolution Title Year Yes No Abstain Margin
S/RES/87(1950) SC Security Council resolution 87 (1950) [on complaint of armed invasion of Taiwan] 1950 7 3 1 +4
S/RES/119(1956) SC Security Council resolution 119 (1956) [on an emergency special session of the … 1956 7 2 2 +5
S/RES/36(1947) SC Security Council resolution 36 (1947) [on an arrangement which will ensure the … 1947 7 1 3 +6
S/RES/157(1960) SC Security Council resolution 157 (1960) [on an emergency special session of the … 1960 8 2 1 +6
S/4378] SC 1960 8 2 1 +6
S/RES/88(1950) SC Security Council resolution 88 (1950) [inviting the People's Republic of China … 1950 8 2 1 +6
S/RES/83(1950) SC Security Council resolution 83 (1950) [on assistance to the Republic of Korea] 1950 7 1 0 +6
S/RES/75(1949) SC Security Council resolution 75 (1949) [on travelling expenses and subsistence a… 1949 7 1 3 +6
S/RES/54(1948) SC Security Council resolution 54 (1948) [calling on all Governments and authoriti… 1948 7 1 3 +6
S/RES/688(1991) SC Security Council resolution 688 (1991) [on repression of the Iraqi civilian pop… 1991 10 3 2 +7
S/RES/34(1947) SC Security Council resolution 34 (1947) [on removal of the Greek question from th… 1947 9 2 0 +7
2285 (2016) SC Security Council resolution 2285 (2016) [on extension of the mandate of the UN … 2016 10 2 3 +8
S/RES/167(1961) SC Security Council resolution 167 (1961) [on admission of Mauritania to membershi… 1960 9 1 1 +8
S/RES/110(1955) SC Security Council resolution 110 (1955) [on review of the Charter of the United … 1955 9 1 1 +8
S/RES/76(1949) SC Security Council resolution 76 (1949) [on future costs of UN military observers… 1949 9 1 1 +8
S/RES/61(1948) SC Security Council resolution 61 (1948) [calling upon interested Governments to w… 1948 9 1 1 +8
S/RES/69(1949) SC Security Council resolution 69 (1949) [on admission of Israel to membership in … 1948 9 1 1 +8
S/RES/943(1994) SC Security Council resolution 943 (1994) [on closure of the border between the Fe… 1994 11 2 2 +9
S/RES/502(1982) SC Security Council resolution 502 (1982) [demanding withdrawal of Argentine force… 1982 10 1 4 +9
S/RES/132(1959) SC Security Council resolution 132 (1959) [deciding to appoint a subcommittee on t… 1959 10 1 0 +9
S/RES/120(1956) SC Security Council resolution 120 (1956) [on an emergency special session of the … 1956 10 1 0 +9
S/RES/24(1947) SC Security Council resolution 24 (1947) [referring to the Committee on the Admiss… 1947 10 1 0 +9
2623 (2022) SC Security Council resolution 2623 (2022) [on convening an emergency special sess… 2022 11 1 3 +10
1929 (2010) SC Security Council resolution 1929 (2010) [on measures against the Islamic Republ… 2010 12 2 1 +10
S/RES/686(1991) SC Security Council resolution 686 (1991) [on the end of hostilities in the Gulf r… 1991 11 1 3 +10
S/RES/678(1990) SC Security Council resolution 678 (1990) [authorizing Member States to use all ne… 1990 12 2 1 +10
S/RES/462(1980) SC Security Council resolution 462 (1980) [deciding to call an emergency special s… 1980 12 2 1 +10