Voting Practices in the United Nations

This report reviews voting practices in the UN Security Council and General Assembly and presents data in a variety of formats. All Security Council resolutions for the entire year are described, and voting on them is tabulated. The report also statistically measures the overall voting of UN member states at the fall session of the General Assembly in comparison with the U.S. voting record. The Security Council and the General Assembly deal with a full spectrum of issues-including threats to peace and security, terrorism, disarmament, economic and social development, humanitarian relief, and human rights-that are considered critical to U.S. interests.