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/148(1960)

Security Council resolution 148 (1960) [on admission of Niger to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-08-23

SCYes

S/RES/147(1960)

Security Council resolution 147 (1960) [on admission of Dahomey (Benin) to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-08-23

SCYes

S/RES/151(1960)

Security Council resolution 151 (1960) [on admission of Chad to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-08-23

SCYes

S/RES/146(1960)

Security Council resolution 146 (1960) [on entry of the UN Force in the Congo into the province of Katanga] · 1960-08-09

SCAbstain

S/RES/145(1960)

Security Council resolution 145 (1960) [calling upon Belgium to implement resolution 143 (1960) on the withdrawal of its troops from the Congo (capital Leopoldville)] · 1960-07-22

SCYes

S/RES/144(1960)

Security Council resolution 144 (1960) [on the situation between Cuba and the United States] · 1960-07-19

SCYes

S/RES/143(1960)

Security Council resolution 143 (1960) [calling upon Belgium to withdraw its troops from the Congo (capital Leopoldville)] · 1960-07-14

SCAbstain

S/RES/142(1960)

Security Council resolution 142 (1960) [on admission of the Republic of Congo (capital Leopoldville) to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-07-07

SCYes

S/RES/141(1960)

Security Council resolution 141 (1960) [on admission of Somalia to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-07-05

SCYes

S/RES/140(1960)

Security Council resolution 140 (1960) [on admission of the Malagasy Republic (Madagascar) to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-06-29

SCYes

S/RES/139(1960)

Security Council resolution 139 (1960) [on admission of the Federation of Mali to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-06-28

SCYes

S/RES/138(1960)

Security Council resolution 138 (1960) [on questions relating to the case of Adolf Eichmann] · 1960-06-23

SCYes

S/RES/136(1960)

Security Council resolution 136 (1960) [on admission of the Togolese Republic (Togo) to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-05-31

SCYes

S/RES/137(1960)

Security Council resolution 137 (1960) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1960-05-31

SCYes

S/RES/135(1960)

Security Council resolution 135 (1960) [on relations between the great Powers] · 1960-05-27

SCYes

S/RES/134(1960)

Security Council resolution 134 (1960) [on the situation in the Union of South Africa arising out of the large-scale killings of unarmed and peaceful demonstrators in Sharpeville] · 1960-04-01

SCAbstain

S/RES/133(1960)

Security Council resolution 133 (1960) [on admission of Cameroun (Cameroon) to membership in the United Nations] · 1960-01-26

SCYes

S/RES/132(1959)

Security Council resolution 132 (1959) [deciding to appoint a subcommittee on the question relating to Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic)] · 1959-09-07

SCYes

S/RES/131(1958)

Security Council resolution 131 (1958) [on admission of Guinea to membership in the United Nations] · 1958-12-09

SCAbstain

S/RES/130(1958)

Security Council resolution 130 (1958) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1958-11-25

SCYes

S/RES/129(1958)

Security Council resolution 129 (1958) [on an emergency special session of the General Assembly on complaints by Lebanon and Jordan] · 1958-08-07

SCYes

S/RES/128(1958)

Security Council resolution 128 (1958) [on complaint by Lebanon in respect of a situation arising from interference of the United Arab Republic (Egypt) in the internal affairs of Lebanon] · 1958-06-11

SCYes

S/RES/127(1958)

Security Council resolution 127 (1958) [on the zone between the armistice demarcation lines in the area of Government House at Jerusalem] · 1958-01-22

SCYes

S/RES/126(1957)

Security Council resolution 126 (1957) [on negotiations on the India-Pakistan question and visit of the UN Representative for India and Pakistan to the subcontinent] · 1957-12-02

SCYes

S/RES/125(1957)

Security Council resolution 125 (1957) [on admission of the Federation of Malaya (Malaysia) to membership in the United Nations] · 1957-09-05

SCYes

S/RES/124(1957)

Security Council resolution 124 (1957) [on admission of Ghana to membership in the United Nations] · 1957-03-07

SCYes

S/RES/123(1957)

Security Council resolution 123 (1957) [on negotiations on the India-Pakistan question] · 1957-02-21

SCYes

S/RES/122(1957)

Security Council resolution 122 (1957) [on the final disposition of the State of Jammu and Kashmir] · 1957-01-24

SCYes

S/RES/121(1956)

Security Council resolution 121 (1956) [on admission of Japan to membership in the United Nations] · 1956-12-12

SCYes

S/RES/120(1956)

Security Council resolution 120 (1956) [on an emergency special session of the General Assembly on the situation in Hungary] · 1956-11-04

SCYes

S/RES/119(1956)

Security Council resolution 119 (1956) [on an emergency special session of the General Assembly on the Suez question] · 1956-10-31

SCNo

S/3710 as modified by the insertion of a new paragraph 1

Draft resolution S/3710 as modified by the insertion of a new paragraph 1 — vetoed by FRA, GBR · 1956-10-30

SCVetoedNo

S/3713/Rev. 1, as amended

Draft resolution S/3713/Rev. 1, as amended — vetoed by FRA, GBR · 1956-10-30

SCVetoedNo

S/RES/118(1956)

Security Council resolution 118 (1956) [on requirements for settlement of the Suez question] · 1956-10-13

SCYes

S/RES/117(1956)

Security Council resolution 117 (1956) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1956-09-06

SCNon-voting

S/RES/116(1956)

Security Council resolution 116 (1956) [on admission of Tunisia to membership in the United Nations] · 1956-07-26

SCYes

S/RES/115(1956)

Security Council resolution 115 (1956) [on admission of Morocco to membership in the United Nations] · 1956-07-20

SCYes

S/RES/114(1956)

Security Council resolution 114 (1956) [on the Palestine question and enforcement of the General Armistice Agreements] · 1956-06-04

SCYes

S/RES/113(1956)

Security Council resolution 113 (1956) [on the Palestine question and enforcement of the General Armistice Agreements] · 1956-04-04

SCYes

S/RES/112(1956)

Security Council resolution 112 (1956) [on admission of the Sudan to membership in the United Nations] · 1956-02-06

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