UN Votes

France

Permanent Security Council member
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5,694

GA votes

2,681 yes · 1,143 no · 1,800 abstain

2,815

SC votes

2,673 yes · 1 no · 59 abstain

18

Vetoes cast

P5 alignment

How often France voted the same way as each permanent Security Council member, of the resolutions both cast a yes/no/abstain vote on.

Permanent memberGA onlyGA + SC
United States of America51.8%66.3%
Russian Federation56.2%71.6%
United Kingdom86.0%90.0%
China42.2%59.2%
USA — 21.9%RUS — 23.8%GBR — 36.4%CHN — 17.9%

The pie chart is based on the “GA only” column, showing each member’s share of the combined total across all shown members (it does not sum those percentages to 100% on its own) — see the table for the actual agreement rate with each. The “GA + SC” column blends in Security Council votes, which are adopted almost unanimously and so tend to pull every country’s number up.

P5 alignment over time

Same GA-only metric, by year. A member’s line starts wherever it first has enough shared votes in a year to be meaningful (at least 5) — for Russia, that’s never before 1991, since the USSR voted under a separate historical record.

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USARUSGBRCHN

A/RES/36/172E

Military and nuclear collaboration with South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-17

GANo

A/RES/36/172G

Oil embargo against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-17

GANo

A/RES/36/175

Specific action related to the particular needs and problems of land-locked developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/36/172H

International Conference of Trade Unions on Sanctions against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-17

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/172K

Women and children under apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/36/226B

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-17

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/225

Strengthening the capacity of the United Nations system to respond to natural disasters and other disaster situations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-17

GAYes

A/RES/36/150

Israel's decision to build a canal linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Dead Sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/36/149B

Questions related to information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/36/146A

Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/36/146B

Population and refugees displaced since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/146F

Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/36/171

Question of human rights relating to the case of Mr. Ziad Abu Eain : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/147F

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/147D

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/36/147C

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/151

United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/36/146C

Revenues derived from the Palestine refugess properties : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/146G

University of Jerusalem for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/146H

Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/36/147E

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/36/155

Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/36/147G

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/36/157

Protection of human rights in Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/36/147B

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/36/147A

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/36/145

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/133

Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/36/122

Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-11

GANo

A/RES/36/121F

United Nations Fund for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/120C

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/120A

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/107

Progressive development of the principles and norms of international law relating to the new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/105

Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10

GANo

A/RES/36/121A

Situation in Namibia resulting from the illegal occupation of the Territory by South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/121E

Dissemination of information on Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/121D

Action by intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations with respect to Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/121C

Programme of work of the United Nations Council for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10

GAAbstain

A/RES/36/120F

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10

GANo

A/RES/36/121B

Action by Member States in support of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10

GAAbstain

Vetoes cast by France

S/21048 — Panama

1989-12-23

S/20378 — 1989 Letters from Libya and Bahrain (Libya)

1989-01-11

S/18016/Rev. 1 — 1986 Letters from various Member States (Libya)

1986-04-21

S/14462 — Namibia

1981-04-30

S/14461 — Namibia

1981-04-30

S/14460/Rev.1 — Namibia

1981-04-30

S/14459 — Namibia

1981-04-30

S/12312/Rev. 1 — South Africa

1977-10-31

S/12311/Rev. 1 — South Africa

1977-10-31

S/12310/Rev. 1 — South Africa

1977-10-31

S/12211 — Namibia

1976-10-19

S/11967 — Comoros

1976-02-06

S/11713 — Namibia

1975-06-06

S/11543 — United Nations and South Africa

1974-10-30

S/3713/Rev. 1, as amended — 1956 Letter from US (Suez Canal)

1956-10-30

S/3710 as modified by the insertion of a new paragraph 1 — 1956 Letter from US (Suez Canal)

1956-10-30

29 (1947); 30 (1947); 31 (1947) — Indonesian question

1947-08-25

7 (1946) — Spanish question

1946-06-26