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 74.

Resolution Title Date Yes No Abstain
RUS
USA
GBR
CHN
FRA
32/132 GA Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1977-11-28 172 9 5
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/67/229 GA Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Pales… 2012-12-21 170 7 9
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/67/219 GA International migration and development : resolution / adopted by the… 2012-12-21 129 3 49
Y N A Y A
A/RES/67/217 GA Towards a new international economic order : resolution / adopted by … 2012-12-21 132 47 5
Y N N Y N
A/RES/67/201 GA Oil slick on Lebanese shores : resolution / adopted by the General As… 2012-12-21 172 9 5
Y N Y Y Y
31/37 GA United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon 1976-11-12 132 47 5
Y N N Y N
A/RES/67/171 GA The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb… 2012-12-20 154 4 28
Y N N Y Y
31/37 GA United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon 1976-11-12 129 3 54
Y N A Y A
32/132 GA Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1977-11-28 133 7 48
Y N — Y A
32/132 GA Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1977-11-28 179 7 3
Y N Y Y Y
31/125 GA International Year for Disabled Persons 1976-12-13 128 54 7
Y N N Y N
32/95 GA Emergency assistance for South African refugee students 1977-11-28 133 54 2
Y N N Y N
32/100 GA Assistance to Guinea-Bissau 1977-11-28 128 54 4
Y N N Y N
32/101 GA Assistance to Guinea-Bissau 1977-11-28 154 4 28
Y N N Y Y
32/128 GA Question of Brunei 1977-12-16 127 54 6
Y N N Y N
34/131 GA Question of Guam 1979-12-14 126 53 6
Y N N Y N
40/229 GA Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations s… 1985-12-13 111 41 34
Y N Y N Y
31/125 GA International Year for Disabled Persons 1976-12-13 86 32 65
N Y Y N Y
A/RES/67/154 GA Glorification of Nazism : inadmissibility of certain practices that c… 2012-12-20 129 3 54
Y N A Y A
A/RES/67/155 GA Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimina… 2012-12-20 133 7 48
Y N A Y A
A/RES/67/158 GA The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : resolutio… 2012-12-20 179 7 3
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/67/159 GA Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding … 2012-12-20 128 54 7
Y N N Y N
A/RES/67/165 GA Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human right… 2012-12-20 133 54 2
Y N N Y N
A/RES/67/170 GA Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted … 2012-12-20 128 54 4
Y N N Y N
A/RES/67/173 GA Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of a… 2012-12-20 127 54 6
Y N N Y N
A/RES/67/175 GA Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolut… 2012-12-20 126 53 6
Y N N Y N
A/RES/67/176 GA Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by … 2012-12-20 111 41 34
Y N Y N Y
A/RES/67/182 GA Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolutio… 2012-12-20 86 32 65
N Y Y N Y
A/RES/67/183 GA Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / … 2012-12-20 135 12 36
N Y Y N Y
32/95 GA Emergency assistance for South African refugee students 1977-11-28 164 8 6
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/67/134 GA Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to … 2012-12-18 175 3 2
Y N N Y A
31/127 GA Emergency assistance for South African refugee students 1976-12-01 174 3 1
Y N N Y A
32/97 GA Assistance to Botswana 1977-12-13 175 3 2
Y N N Y A
A/RES/67/126 GA Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peopl… 2012-12-18 178 2 2
Y N A Y A
A/RES/67/115 GA Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostili… 2012-12-18 170 6 4
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/67/116 GA Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestin… 2012-12-18 172 6 1
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/67/117 GA Palestine refugees' properties and their revenues : resolution / adop… 2012-12-18 173 6 2
Y N Y Y Y
32/132 GA Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1977-11-28 170 6 4
Y N Y Y Y
31/125 GA International Year for Disabled Persons 1976-12-13 172 6 1
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/67/118 GA Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affect… 2012-12-18 98 8 72
A N Y Y A
32/95 GA Emergency assistance for South African refugee students 1977-11-28 173 6 2
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/67/119 GA Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of … 2012-12-18 171 6 3
Y N Y Y Y
31/37 GA United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon 1976-11-12 98 8 72
A N Y Y A
A/RES/67/120 GA Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including … 2012-12-18 169 6 5
Y N Y Y Y
32/132 GA Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1977-11-28 171 6 3
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/67/121 GA Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian peopl… 2012-12-18 164 8 6
Y N Y Y Y
31/125 GA International Year for Disabled Persons 1976-12-13 169 6 5
Y N Y Y Y
A/RES/67/133 GA Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted… 2012-12-18 174 3 1
Y N N Y A
32/132 GA Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1977-11-28 129 49 10
A N N Y N
47/147 GA Situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia 1992-12-18 179 4 4
N N N Y N