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

S/RES/538(1983)

Security Council resolution 538 (1983) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1983-10-18

SCYes

S/RES/537(1983)

Security Council resolution 537 (1983) [on admission of Saints Kitts and Nevis to membership in the United Nations] · 1983-09-22

SCYes

S/RES/536(1983)

Security Council resolution 536 (1983) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1983-07-18

SCYes

S/RES/535(1983)

Security Council resolution 535 (1983) [on UN Mission to Lesotho] · 1983-06-29

SCYes

S/RES/534(1983)

Security Council resolution 534 (1983) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Forces in Cyprus] · 1983-06-15

SCYes

S/RES/533(1983)

Security Council resolution 533 (1983) [on death sentences imposed on 3 members of the African National Congress] · 1983-06-07

SCYes

S/RES/532(1983)

Security Council resolution 532 (1983) [on implementation of Security Council resolution 435 (1978) on the Namibia question] · 1983-05-31

SCYes

S/RES/531(1983)

Security Council resolution 531 (1983) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1983-05-26

SCYes

S/RES/530(1983)

Security Council resolution 530 (1983) [on the situation in Central America] · 1983-05-19

SCYes

S/RES/529(1983)

Security Council resolution 529 (1983) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1983-01-18

SCYes

S/RES/528(1982)

Security Council resolution 528 (1982) [on inclusion of Arabic among the official and working languages of the Security Council] · 1982-12-21

SCYes

S/RES/527(1982)

Security Council resolution 527 (1982) [on South Africa's military actions against Lesotho] · 1982-12-15

SCYes

S/RES/526(1982)

Security Council resolution 526 (1982) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1982-12-14

SCYes

S/RES/525(1982)

Security Council resolution 525 (1982) [on death sentences imposed on members of the African National Congress of South Africa] · 1982-12-07

SCYes

S/RES/524(1982)

Security Council resolution 524 (1982) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1982-11-29

SCYes

S/RES/523(1982)

Security Council resolution 523 (1982) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1982-10-18

SCYes

S/RES/522(1982)

Security Council resolution 522 (1982) [calling for a cease-fire in the conflict between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq] · 1982-10-04

SCYes

S/RES/521(1982)

Security Council resolution 521 (1982) [on the massacre of Palestinian civilians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps] · 1982-09-19

SCYes

S/RES/520(1982)

Security Council resolution 520 (1982) [on violations of the cease-fires agreements between Israel and Lebanon] · 1982-09-17

SCYes

S/RES/519(1982)

Security Council resolution 519 (1982) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1982-08-17

SCYes

S/RES/518(1982)

Security Council resolution 518 (1982) [on Israeli military activities in Lebanon] · 1982-08-12

SCYes

S/RES/517(1982)

Security Council resolution 517 (1982) [on Israeli invasion of Beirut, 3 Aug. 1982] · 1982-08-04

SCYes

S/RES/516(1982)

Security Council resolution 516 (1982) [on deployment of UN observers in Beirut] · 1982-08-01

SCYes

S/RES/515(1982)

Security Council resolution 515 (1982) [on Israeli policy towards civilian persons in Lebanon] · 1982-07-29

SCYes

S/RES/514(1982)

Security Council resolution 514 (1982) [on the situation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq] · 1982-07-12

SCYes

S/RES/513(1982)

Security Council resolution 513 (1982) [on the civilian population in Lebanon] · 1982-07-04

SCYes

S/RES/512(1982)

Security Council resolution 512 (1982) [on humanitarian assistance for the Lebanese and Palestinian civilian population] · 1982-06-19

SCYes

S/RES/511(1982)

Security Council resolution 511 (1982) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1982-06-18

SCYes

S/RES/510(1982)

Security Council resolution 510 (1982) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1982-06-15

SCYes

S/RES/509(1982)

Security Council resolution 509 (1982) [on the situation along the Lebanese-Israeli border] · 1982-06-06

SCYes

S/RES/508(1982)

Security Council resolution 508 (1982) [on the situation along the Lebanese-Israeli border] · 1982-06-05

SCYes

S/RES/507(1982)

Security Council resolution 507 (1982) [on South Africa's military activities against Seychelles] · 1982-05-28

SCYes

S/RES/506(1982)

Security Council resolution 506 (1982) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1982-05-26

SCYes

S/RES/505(1982)

Security Council resolution 505 (1982) [requesting the Secretary-General to undertake a renewed mission of good offices for the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)] · 1982-05-26

SCYes

S/RES/504(1982)

Security Council resolution 504 (1982) [on establishment of a fund for a peace-keeping force of the Organization of African Unity in Chad] · 1982-04-30

SCYes

S/RES/503(1982)

Security Council resolution 503 (1982) [on death sentences imposed on members of the African National Congress of South Africa] · 1982-04-09

SCYes

S/RES/502(1982)

Security Council resolution 502 (1982) [demanding withdrawal of Argentine forces from the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)] · 1982-04-03

SCYes

S/RES/501(1982)

Security Council resolution 501 (1982) [on strengthening of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1982-02-25

SCYes

S/RES/500(1982)

Security Council resolution 500 (1982) [on convening of an emergency special session of the General Assembly on territories occupied by Israel] · 1982-01-28

SCYes

S/RES/499(1981)

Security Council resolution 499 (1981) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1981-12-21

SCYes

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