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/44/27C

Comprehensive and mandatory sanctions against the racist regime of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-22

GANo

A/RES/44/26

Law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-20

GAYes

A/RES/44/24

African Alternative Framework to Structural Adjustment Programmes for Socio-Economic Recovery and Transformation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-17

GAYes

A/RES/44/22

The situation in Kampuchea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-16

GAYes

A/RES/44/20

Zone of peace and co-operation of the South Atlantic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-14

GAYes

S/RES/644(1989)

Security Council resolution 644 (1989) [on establishment of the UN Observer Group in Central America] · 1989-11-07

SCYes

A/RES/44/18

Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-11-06

GAAbstain

S/RES/643(1989)

Security Council resolution 643 (1989) [on the holding of free and fair elections in Namibia] · 1989-10-31

SCYes

A/RES/44/9

Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-10-18

GANo

A/RES/44/7

Co-operation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-10-17

GAYes

A/RES/44/2

The uprising (intifadah) of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-10-06

GAYes

S/RES/642(1989)

Security Council resolution 642 (1989) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group] · 1989-09-29

SCYes

A/RES/44/1

Death sentence passed on a South African patriot : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-09-28

GAYes

S/RES/641(1989)

Security Council resolution 641 (1989) [on deportation of Palestinian civilians by Israel from the occupied territories] · 1989-08-30

SCYes

S/RES/640(1989)

Security Council resolution 640 (1989) [on the electoral process in Namibia] · 1989-08-29

SCYes

S/RES/638(1989)

Security Council resolution 638 (1989) [on incidents of hostage-taking and abduction] · 1989-07-31

SCYes

S/RES/639(1989)

Security Council resolution 639 (1989) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1989-07-31

SCYes

S/RES/637(1989)

Security Council resolution 637 (1989) [on the Guatemala Agreement of 1987] · 1989-07-27

SCYes

S/RES/636(1989)

Security Council resolution 636 (1989) [on deportation of 8 Palestinian civilians by Israel from the occupied territories] · 1989-07-06

SCYes

S/RES/635(1989)

Security Council resolution 635 (1989) [on marking of plastic or sheet explosives for the purpose of detection] · 1989-06-14

SCYes

S/RES/634(1989)

Security Council resolution 634 (1989) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1989-06-09

SCYes

S/RES/633(1989)

Security Council resolution 633 (1989) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1989-05-30

SCYes

A/RES/43/233

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1989-04-20

GAYes

S/RES/632(1989)

Security Council resolution 632 (1989) [on implementation of the UN Plan for the Independence of Namibia] · 1989-02-16

SCYes

S/RES/631(1989)

Security Council resolution 631 (1989) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group] · 1989-02-08

SCYes

S/RES/630(1989)

Security Council resolution 630 (1989) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1989-01-30

SCYes

S/RES/629(1989)

Security Council resolution 629 (1989) [on settlement of the Namibia question] · 1989-01-16

SCYes

S/RES/628(1989)

Security Council resolution 628 (1989) [on signature of the tripartite agreement between Angola, Cuba and South Africa, and of the bilateral agreement between Angola and Cuba] · 1989-01-16

SCYes

S/20378

Draft resolution S/20378 — vetoed by FRA, USA, GBR · 1989-01-11

SCVetoedNo

S/RES/627(1989)

Security Council resolution 627 (1989) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1989-01-09

SCYes

A/RES/43/228

Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/43/222B

Status of Committee on Conferences : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/43/229

Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/43/197

Fulfillment of the target for official development assistance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/43/185

Trade embargo against Nicaragua : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/43/178

Assistance to the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-20

GANo

A/RES/43/198

External debt crisis and development : towards a durable solution of the debt problems : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/43/195

International co-operation for the eradication of poverty in developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/43/187

International Conference on Money and Finance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-20

GANo

A/RES/43/209

Special assistance to front-line States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-12-20

GAYes

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