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/43/22

Right of peoples to peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-11

GAAbstain

A/RES/43/21

The uprising (intifadah) of the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-03

GAYes

A/RES/43/19

The situation in Kampuchea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-03

GAYes

A/RES/43/18

Law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-11-01

GAYes

S/RES/622(1988)

Security Council resolution 622 (1988) [on temporary deployment in Afghanistan and Pakistan of military officers from United Nations operations] · 1988-10-31

SCYes

A/RES/43/13

Pretoria's racial "municipal elections" : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-10-26

GAYes

A/RES/43/14

Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-10-26

GANo

A/RES/43/11

Judgment of the International Court of Justice of 27 June 1986 concerning military and paramilitary activities in and against Nicaragua : need for immediate compliance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-10-25

GAAbstain

A/RES/43/12

Co-operation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-10-25

GAYes

A/RES/43/3

Co-operation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-10-17

GAYes

S/RES/621(1988)

Security Council resolution 621 (1988) [on referendum for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara] · 1988-09-20

SCYes

S/RES/620(1988)

Security Council resolution 620 (1988) [on chemical weapons use in the conflict between Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran] · 1988-08-26

SCYes

S/RES/619(1988)

Security Council resolution 619 (1988) [on establishment of the UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group] · 1988-08-09

SCYes

S/RES/618(1988)

Security Council resolution 618 (1988) [on abduction of Lieutenant-Colonel William Richard Higgins of the UN Truce Supervision Organization] · 1988-07-29

SCYes

S/RES/617(1988)

Security Council resolution 617 (1988) [on extension of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1988-07-29

SCYes

S/RES/616(1988)

Security Council resolution 616 (1988) [on the downing of an Iranian airliner by a United States naval vessel] · 1988-07-20

SCYes

S/RES/615(1988)

Security Council resolution 615 (1988) [on death sentences imposed on 6 South Africans] · 1988-06-17

SCYes

S/RES/614(1988)

Security Council resolution 614 (1988) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1988-06-15

SCYes

S/RES/613(1988)

Security Council resolution 613 (1988) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1988-05-31

SCYes

A/RES/42/232

Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-05-13

GAYes

S/RES/612(1988)

Security Council resolution 612 (1988) [on chemical weapons use in the conflict between Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran] · 1988-05-09

SCYes

S/RES/611(1988)

Security Council resolution 611 (1988) [on sovereignty and territorial integrity of Tunisia] · 1988-04-25

SCYes

A/RES/42/230

Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-03-23

GAYes

S/RES/610(1988)

Security Council resolution 610 (1988) [on death sentences imposed on 6 South Africans] · 1988-03-16

SCYes

A/RES/42/229A

Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country : proposed closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization office in New York : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-03-02

GAYes

A/RES/42/229B

Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country : proposed closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization office in New York : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1988-03-02

GAYes

S/RES/609(1988)

Security Council resolution 609 (1988) [on extension of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1988-01-29

SCYes

S/RES/608(1988)

Security Council resolution 608 (1988) [on the deportation of Palestinian civilians by Israel] · 1988-01-14

SCYes

S/RES/607(1988)

Security Council resolution 607 (1988) [on the deportation of Palestinian civilians from the occupied Arab territories] · 1988-01-05

SCYes

S/RES/606(1987)

Security Council resolution 606 (1987) [on withdrawal of South African military forces from Angola] · 1987-12-23

SCYes

S/RES/605(1987)

Security Council resolution 605 (1987) [on protection of Palestinian civilians under Israel occupation] · 1987-12-22

SCYes

A/RES/42/223

Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/42/226A

Programme budget for the biennium 1988-1989 : budget appropriations for the biennium 1988-1989 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/42/224

Review of the rates of reimbursement to the Governments of troop-contributing States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/42/210B

Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-17

GAYes

S/RES/604(1987)

Security Council resolution 604 (1987) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1987-12-14

SCYes

A/RES/42/201

Special assistance to front-line States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/190

Living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/174

Specific action related to the particular needs and problems of land-locked developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/166

Assistance to the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

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