UN Security Council Voting Data: Adopted Resolutions Since 1946

UN Security Council voting records for adopted resolutions spanning from 1946 to the present. Produced by the United Nations Peace and Security Data Hub, this dataset tracks individual Member State votes for every resolution that successfully passed.

Use Cases

• Analyzing voting alignment between Member States using individual vote records
• Tracking the frequency of unanimous vs. contested resolutions over time
• Correlating geopolitical shifts with voting patterns using the resolution date and Member State fields

Strengths

• Longitudinal coverage from 1946 to present
• Official data source from the UN Digital Library
• Regularly updated multiple times per year

Limitations

• Excludes failed or vetoed resolutions
• Lacks paragraph-level voting granularity

Provenance

Source

UN Digital Library

Collection Method

Derived from official UN Digital Library voting records

Time Range

1946-2026

Freshness

Updated several times a year; last recorded update in March 2026.

Geography

Global