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 51–83 of 83.

Resolution Title Date Yes No Abstain
RUS
USA
GBR
CHN
FRA
A/RES/59/85 GA Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas : resoluti… 2004-12-03 171 4 8
A N N Y N
A/RES/59/106 GA Risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East : resolution / adopt… 2004-12-03 170 5 9
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/59/109 GA Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty : resolution / adopted by the G… 2004-12-03 177 2 4
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/59/76 GA A path to the total elimination of nuclear weapons : resolution / ado… 2004-12-03 165 3 16
Y N Y A Y
39/192 GA Question of the United States Virgin Islands 1984-09-14 180 2 2
Y N Y Y A
32/128 GA Question of Brunei 1977-12-16 117 43 21
A N N Y N
A/RES/59/62 GA Role of science and technology in the context of international securi… 2004-12-03 106 48 21
A N N Y N
A/RES/59/67 GA Missiles : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2004-12-03 119 4 60
Y N A Y A
A/RES/59/68 GA Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation … 2004-12-03 175 2 3
Y N A Y A
A/RES/59/69 GA Promotion of multilateralism in area of disarmament and non-prolifer… 2004-12-03 125 9 49
Y N N Y A
A/RES/59/75 GA Accelerating implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments : reso… 2004-12-03 151 6 24
A N N Y N
A/RES/59/77 GA Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2004-12-03 117 43 21
A N N Y N
A/RES/59/78 GA Relationship between disarmament and development : resolution / adopt… 2004-12-03 180 2 2
Y N Y Y A
A/RES/59/81 GA The Conference on Disarmament decision (CD/1547) of 11 August 1998 t… 2004-12-03 179 2 2
Y N A Y Y
A/RES/59/83 GA Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justi… 2004-12-03 132 29 24
N N N Y N
A/RES/59/102 GA Convention on the Prohibition of Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution … 2004-12-03 125 48 12
A N N Y N
32/95 GA Emergency assistance for South African refugee students 1977-11-28 125 9 49
Y N N Y A
31/125 GA International Year for Disabled Persons 1976-12-13 175 2 3
Y N A Y A
32/132 GA Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1977-11-28 119 4 60
Y N A Y A
32/98 GA Assistance to Botswana 1977-11-28 125 48 12
A N N Y N
40/230 GA Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador 1985-12-13 179 2 2
Y N — Y Y
A/RES/59/31 GA Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine 2004-12-01 161 7 10
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/59/33 GA The Syrian Golan 2004-12-01 111 6 60
Y N A Y A
A/RES/59/30 GA Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Dep… 2004-12-01 162 7 9
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/59/29 GA Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat 2004-12-01 103 8 64
A N A Y A
A/RES/59/32 GA Jerusalem 2004-12-01 155 7 15
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/59/28 GA Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinia… 2004-12-01 104 7 63
A N A Y A
A/RES/59/11 GA Necessity of Ending the Economic, Commercial and Financial Embargo Im… 2004-10-28 179 4 1
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/59/6 GA Cooperation between the United Nations and the Preparatory Committee … 2004-10-22 104 1 0
Y N Y Y —
A/RES/58/317 GA Reaffirming the central role of the United Nations in the maintenance… 2004-08-05 93 2 47
Y N A Y A
A/RES/ES-10/15 GA Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal c… 2004-07-20 150 6 10
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/58/307 GA Financing of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted b… 2004-06-18 131 2 0
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/58/292 GA Status of the Occupied Territory, including East Jerusalem : resoluti… 2004-05-06 140 6 11
Y N Y Y Y