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/41/102

Use of mercenaries as a means to violate human rights and to impede the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GANo

A/RES/41/101

Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GANo

A/RES/41/88C

Question of Antarctica · 1986-12-04

GANon-voting

A/RES/41/86K

International co-operation for disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GANo

A/RES/41/86J

Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 11th Special Session : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/86G

Prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GANo

A/RES/41/162C

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/141

Assistance to displaced persons in Ethiopia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/128

Declaration on the Right to Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/117

Indivisibility and interdependence of economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/115

Human rights and scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/86N

Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/86A

Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/157

Situation of human rights in El Salvador : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/132

Respect for the right of everyone to own property alone as well as in association with others and its contribution to the economic and social development of Member States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/113

Human rights and use of scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GANo

A/RES/41/90

Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/86P

Report of the Conference on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/86F

Cessation of the nuclear-arms race and nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GANo

A/RES/41/162B

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GANo

A/RES/41/155

Strengthening of international co-operation in the field of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/133

Right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GANo

A/RES/41/88A

Question of Antarctica · 1986-12-04

GANon-voting

A/RES/41/161

Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/123

Measures of assistance provided to South African and Namibian refugee women and children : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/95

Adverse consequences for the enjoyment of human rights of political, military, economic and other forms of assistance given to the racist and colonialist régime of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GANo

A/RES/41/86M

Report of the Conference on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GANo

A/RES/41/69I

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : protection of Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/60H

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : UN programme of fellowships on disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/58C

CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL (BIOLOGICAL) WEAPONS · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/55A

Implementation of the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/53

Prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/51

Conclusion of effective international arrangements 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 · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/75

Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/69G

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : population and refugees displaced since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/69E

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/69A

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/56

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 · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/47

Urgent need for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/46B

Cessation of all nuclear-test explosions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

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