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/52/38A

Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/52/35

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/52/54

The situation in the Middle East : the Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-12-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/52/53

Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/52/44

Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-12-09

GANo

A/RES/52/38O

Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-12-09

GANo

A/RES/52/36

Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-12-09

GAAbstain

A/RES/52/33

The role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-12-09

GANo

A/RES/52/40C

Role of the UN in disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-12-09

GANo

A/RES/52/38J

Small arms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/52/41

The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/52/38H

Contributions towards banning anti-personnel landmines : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/52/38B

Transparency in armaments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-12-09

GANo

A/RES/52/51

Special information programme on the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/52/38Q

Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/52/38N

The nuclear-weapon-free southern hemishpere and adjacent areas : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-12-09

GANo

A/RES/52/38K

Nuclear disarmament with a view to the ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/52/38E

Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-12-09

GAAbstain

S/RES/1143(1997)

Security Council resolution 1143 (1997) [on extension of the authorization to import, temporarily, petroleum and petroleum products originating in Iraq] · 1997-12-04

SCYes

S/RES/1142(1997)

Security Council resolution 1142 (1997) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) for the final period until 31 Aug. 1998] · 1997-12-04

SCYes

S/RES/1140(1997)

Security Council resolution 1140 (1997) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP)] · 1997-11-28

SCYes

S/RES/1141(1997)

Security Council resolution 1141 (1997) [on establishment of the UN Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH)] · 1997-11-28

SCYes

A/RES/52/26

Oceans and the law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-11-26

GAYes

A/RES/52/24

Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-11-25

GAAbstain

A/RES/52/22

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-11-25

GAYes

S/RES/1139(1997)

Security Council resolution 1139 (1997) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1997-11-21

SCYes

A/RES/52/14

Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-11-20

GAYes

S/RES/1138(1997)

Security Council resolution 1138 (1997) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT)] · 1997-11-14

SCYes

A/RES/ES-10/4

Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-11-13

GAYes

A/RES/52/11

Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-11-12

GAYes

S/RES/1137(1997)

Security Council resolution 1137 (1997) [on measures against Iraq in light of Iraqi decision to impose conditions on cooperation with the Special Commission] · 1997-11-12

SCYes

S/RES/1136(1997)

Security Council resolution 1136 (1997) [on the operations of the Inter-African Mission to Monitor the Implementation of the Bangui Agreements (MISAB)] · 1997-11-06

SCYes

A/RES/52/10

Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1997-11-05

GAYes

S/RES/1135(1997)

Security Council resolution 1135 (1997) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) and completion of the withdrawal of its military units] · 1997-10-29

SCYes

S/RES/1134(1997)

Security Council resolution 1134 (1997) [on Iraq's continued refusal to allow access to sites designated by the UN Special Commission] · 1997-10-23

SCAbstain

S/RES/1133(1997)

Security Council resolution 1133 (1997) [on extension of the manadate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)] · 1997-10-20

SCYes

S/RES/1132(1997)

Security Council resolution 1132 (1997) [on oil and arms embargo against Sierra Leone] · 1997-10-08

SCYes

S/RES/1131(1997)

Security Council resolution 1131 (1997) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara] · 1997-09-29

SCYes

S/RES/1130(1997)

Security Council resolution 1130 (1997) [on postponement of the coming into force of measures against UNITA] · 1997-09-29

SCYes

S/RES/1129(1997)

Security Council resolution 1129 (1997) [on extension of the authorization to import, temporarily, petroleum and petroleum products originating in Iraq] · 1997-09-12

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