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.

5%53%100%1946195019651980199520102025
USARUSGBRCHN

A/RES/35/156H

Prohibition of the production of fissionable material for weapons purposes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/159

Non-interference in the international affairs of states : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/152D

Non-use of nuclear weapons and prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GANo

A/RES/35/146A

Nuclear capability of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/156I

Report of the Committee on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/35/152C

Nuclear weapons in all aspects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GANo

A/RES/35/146B

Implementation of the Declaration [on the Denuclearization of Africa] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/144C

Chemical and Bacteriological (Biological) Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/35/142B

Reduction of military budgets : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/35/156F

Study on nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/156C

Non-stationing of nuclear weapons on the territories of States where there are no such weapons at present : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GANo

A/RES/35/156A

Study on conventional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/35/155

Conclusion of an international convention to assure non-nuclear-weapon states against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/148

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/152I

World Disarmament Campaign : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/152B

Nuclear weapons in all aspects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GANo

A/RES/35/149

Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/154

Conclusion of an international convention on the strengthening of the security of non-nuclear-weapon states against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/145B

Prohibition of all nuclear test explosions by all States for all time : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/143

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 34/71 concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlateloco) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/152J

Report of the Committee on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/35/152G

Paragraph 125 of the Final Document : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-12

GANo

A/RES/35/124

International co-operation to avert new flows of refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/122C

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 · 1980-12-11

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/136

World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-11

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/123

Question of the Malagasy Islands of Glorieuses, Juan de Nova, Europa and Bassas da India : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-11

GANo

A/RES/35/122D

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 · 1980-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/122E

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 · 1980-12-11

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/130B

Human rights and scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/119

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-11

GANo

A/RES/35/130A

Human rights and scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-11

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/120

Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-11

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/122F

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 · 1980-12-11

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/122B

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 · 1980-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/122A

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 · 1980-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/35/118

Plan of the Action for the full implemenation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-11

GANo

A/RES/35/115B

Financing the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-10

GAYes

A/RES/35/113

Financial emergency of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-10

GAAbstain

A/RES/35/115A

Financing the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-10

GAYes

A/RES/35/75

Living conditions of the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1980-12-05

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