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 51–88 of 88.

Resolution Title Date Yes No Abstain
RUS
USA
GBR
CHN
FRA
32/95 GA Emergency assistance for South African refugee students 1977-11-28 160 6 3
Y N Y Y Y
31/37 GA United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon 1976-11-12 86 10 74
A N A Y A
32/127 GA Regional arrangements for the p 1977-12-16 168 2 7
— N Y A Y
32/132 GA Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1977-11-28 158 6 7
Y N Y Y Y
32/128 GA Question of Brunei 1977-12-16 178 1 1
Y N Y Y Y
31/125 GA International Year for Disabled Persons 1976-12-13 153 7 10
Y N Y Y Y
34/131 GA Question of Guam 1979-12-14 177 1 0
Y N Y Y Y
32/95 GA Emergency assistance for South African refugee students 1977-11-28 148 7 17
Y N Y Y Y
40/230 GA Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador 1985-12-13 113 45 20
A N N Y N
31/127 GA Emergency assistance for South African refugee students 1976-12-01 167 3 2
Y N N Y —
32/97 GA Assistance to Botswana 1977-12-13 166 3 4
Y N N Y A
32/98 GA Assistance to Botswana 1977-11-28 133 3 36
Y N N Y A
A/RES/60/45 GA Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in th… 2005-12-08 177 1 0
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/60/46 GA Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapon… 2005-12-08 180 1 1
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/60/48 GA Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Pe… 2005-12-08 132 3 46
Y N N Y N
A/RES/60/51 GA Role of science and technology in the context of international securi… 2005-12-08 110 53 17
A N N Y N
A/RES/60/54 GA Prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by t… 2005-12-08 180 2 0
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/60/56 GA Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation… 2005-12-08 153 5 20
A N N Y N
A/RES/60/58 GA Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas : accelera… 2005-12-08 167 3 8
A N N Y N
A/RES/60/59 GA Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proli… 2005-12-08 122 8 50
Y N N Y N
A/RES/60/60 GA Observance of environmental norms in the draftign and implementation … 2005-12-08 176 1 4
Y N A Y A
A/RES/60/61 GA Relationship between disarmament and development : resolution / adopt… 2005-12-08 177 1 2
Y N Y Y A
A/RES/60/65 GA Renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapon… 2005-12-08 168 2 7
— N Y A Y
A/RES/60/66 GA Transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activiti… 2005-12-08 178 1 1
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/60/68 GA Addressing the negative humanitarian and development impact of the il… 2005-12-08 177 1 0
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/60/70 GA Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2005-12-08 113 45 20
A N N Y N
A/RES/60/76 GA Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justi… 2005-12-08 126 29 24
N N N Y N
A/RES/60/102 GA Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestin… 2005-12-08 159 6 3
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/60/38 GA Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Dep… 2005-12-01 160 7 6
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/60/36 GA Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinia… 2005-12-01 106 8 59
A N A Y A
A/RES/60/41 GA Jerusalem 2005-12-01 153 7 12
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/60/37 GA Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat 2005-12-01 105 8 59
A N A Y A
A/RES/60/40 GA The Syrian Golan 2005-12-01 106 6 62
Y N A Y A
A/RES/60/39 GA Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine 2005-12-01 156 6 9
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/60/12 GA Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo im… 2005-11-08 182 4 1
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/59/307 GA Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution… 2005-06-22 126 2 1
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/59/280 GA United Nations declaration on human cloning : resolution / adopted by… 2005-03-08 84 34 37
— Y N N N
A/59/516/Add.1 GA United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning 2005-03-08 84 34 37
— Y N N N