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/310(1972)

Security Council resolution 310 (1972) [on South Africa labour policies in Namibia] · 1972-02-04

SCAbstain

S/RES/308(1972)

Security Council resolution 308 (1972) [on holding of meetings of the Security Council in Addis Ababa, 28 Jan.-4 Feb. 1972] · 1972-01-19

SCNon-voting

S/RES/307(1971)

Security Council resolution 307 (1971) [demanding that a durable cease-fire be observed in the India-Pakistan question] · 1971-12-21

SCYes

S/RES/306(1971)

Security Council resolution 306 (1971) [on appointment of Kurt Waldheim as Secretary-General of the United Nations] · 1971-12-21

SCYes

S/RES/305(1971)

Security Council resolution 305 (1971) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1971-12-13

SCYes

S/RES/304(1971)

Security Council resolution 304 (1971) [on admission of the United Arab Emirates to membership in the United Nations] · 1971-12-08

SCYes

S/RES/303(1971)

Security Council resolution 303 (1971) [deciding to refer the question on the situation in the India-Pakistan subcontinent to the 26th session of the General Assembly] · 1971-12-06

SCAbstain

S/RES/302(1971)

Security Council resolution 302 (1971) [on Portuguese military actions against Senegal] · 1971-11-24

SCYes

S/RES/301(1971)

Security Council resolution 301 (1971) [on the policies of South Africa towards Namibia] · 1971-10-20

SCAbstain

S/RES/300(1971)

Security Council resolution 300 (1971) [on violation of the sovereignty of Zambia by South Africa] · 1971-10-12

SCYes

S/RES/299(1971)

Security Council resolution 299 (1971) [on admission of Oman to membership in the United Nations] · 1971-09-30

SCYes

S/RES/298(1971)

Security Council resolution 298 (1971) [on the status of Jerusalem] · 1971-09-25

SCYes

S/RES/297(1971)

Security Council resolution 297 (1971) [on admission of Qatar to membership in the United Nations] · 1971-09-15

SCYes

S/RES/296(1971)

Security Council resolution 296 (1971) [on admission of Bahrain to membership in the United Nations] · 1971-08-18

SCYes

S/RES/295(1971)

Security Council resolution 295 (1971) [on special mission of the Security Council to Guinea] · 1971-08-03

SCYes

S/RES/294(1971)

Security Council resolution 294 (1971) [on Portuguese military actions against Senegal] · 1971-07-15

SCYes

S/RES/293(1971)

Security Council resolution 293 (1971) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1971-05-26

SCYes

S/RES/292(1971)

Security Council resolution 292 (1971) [on admission of Bhutan to membership in the United Nations] · 1971-02-10

SCYes

S/RES/291(1970)

Security Council resolution 291 (1970) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1970-12-10

SCYes

S/RES/290(1970)

Security Council resolution 290 (1970) [on Portuguese military actions against Guinea] · 1970-12-08

SCAbstain

S/RES/289(1970)

Security Council resolution 289 (1970) [on immediate cessation of armed attack against Guinea] · 1970-11-23

SCYes

S/RES/288(1970)

Security Council resolution 288 (1970) [deciding that sanctions against Southern Rhodesia shall remain in force] · 1970-11-17

SCYes

S/RES/287(1970)

Security Council resolution 287 (1970) [on admission of Fiji to membership in the United Nations] · 1970-10-10

SCYes

S/RES/286(1970)

Security Council resolution 286 (1970) [on hijacking of commercial aircraft] · 1970-09-09

SCNon-voting

S/RES/285(1970)

Security Council resolution 285 (1970) [on withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from Lebanon] · 1970-09-05

SCYes

S/RES/283(1970)

Security Council resolution 283 (1970) [requesting all States to refrain from any relations with South Africa implying recognition of South African authority over Namibia] · 1970-07-29

SCAbstain

S/RES/284(1970)

Security Council resolution 284 (1970) [requesting an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the presence of South Africa in Namibia] · 1970-07-29

SCYes

S/RES/282(1970)

Security Council resolution 282 (1970) [on arms embargo against South Africa] · 1970-07-23

SCAbstain

S/RES/281(1970)

Security Council resolution 281 (1970) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1970-06-09

SCYes

S/RES/280(1970)

Security Council resolution 280 (1970) [on Israeli military actions against Lebanon] · 1970-05-19

SCYes

S/RES/279(1970)

Security Council resolution 279 (1970) [on withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from Lebanon] · 1970-05-12

SCYes

S/RES/278(1970)

Security Council resolution 278 (1970) [on the question of Bahrain] · 1970-05-11

SCYes

S/RES/277(1970)

Security Council resolution 277 (1970) [on expansion of sanctions against the Southern Rhodesia régime] · 1970-03-18

SCYes

S/RES/276(1970)

Security Council resolution 276 (1970) [on establishment of an Ad Hoc Subcommittee of the Council to study ways to implement Council resolutions regarding Namibia] · 1970-01-30

SCAbstain

S/RES/275(1969)

Security Council resolution 275 (1969) [on Portuguese military operations against Guinea] · 1969-12-22

SCAbstain

S/RES/274(1969)

Security Council resolution 274 (1969) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1969-12-11

SCYes

S/RES/273(1969)

Security Council resolution 273 (1969) [on Portuguese military operations against a Senegalese village] · 1969-12-09

SCYes

S/RES/272(1969)

Security Council resolution 272 (1969) [on amendments to the Statute of the International Court of Justice] · 1969-10-23

SCNon-voting

S/RES/271(1969)

Security Council resolution 271 (1969) [on destruction and profanation of the Holy Places in Jerusalem] · 1969-09-15

SCYes

S/RES/270(1969)

Security Council resolution 270 (1969) [on Israeli military operations against southern Lebanon] · 1969-08-26

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