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/42/176

Trade embargo against Nicaragua : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAAbstain

A/RES/42/200

Special economic assistance to Chad : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/209A

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAAbstain

A/RES/42/165

International economic security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GANo

A/RES/42/202

Special assistance to Maldives for disaster relief and the strengthening of its coastal defences : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/209C

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GANo

A/RES/42/205

Assistance to Benin, the Central African Republic, Democratic Yemen, Djibouti, Ecuador, the Gambia, Madagascar, Nicaragua and Vanuatu : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/209D

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/199

Assistance for reconstruction and development of Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/198

Furthering international co-operation regarding the external debt problems : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/184

International co-operation in the field of the environment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/209B

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GANo

A/RES/42/204

Special economic assistance to Central America : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/203

Assistance to El Salvador : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/42/173

Economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-11

GANo

A/RES/42/160C

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-08

GAYes

A/RES/42/160F

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-08

GAYes

A/RES/42/162A

Question relating to information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-08

GAAbstain

A/RES/42/160G

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-08

GAYes

A/RES/42/160B

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-08

GAYes

A/RES/42/160D

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-08

GAYes

A/RES/42/160E

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-08

GAAbstain

A/RES/42/162B

Question relating to information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-08

GAYes

A/RES/42/160A

Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-08

GAAbstain

A/RES/42/153

Draft Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory Notes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/42/151

Draft Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-07

GANo

A/RES/42/135

Question of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Afghanistan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/42/149

Progressive development of the principles and norms of international law relating to the new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-07

GAAbstain

A/RES/42/134

Need to enhance international co-operation in the field of the protection of and assistance for the family : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-07

GAAbstain

A/RES/42/101

Question of a Convention on the Rights of the Child : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/42/158

Development and strengthening of good-neighbourliness between States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-07

GAAbstain

A/RES/42/147

Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/42/115

The impact of property on the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-07

GANo

A/RES/42/102

Indivisibility and interdependence of economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-07

GAAbstain

A/RES/42/100

Human rights and scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-07

GAAbstain

A/RES/42/91

Implementation of the Declaration on the Preparation of Societies for Life in Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-07

GAAbstain

A/RES/42/146

Realization of the right to adequate housing : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/42/140

Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/42/139

Assistance to displaced persons in Ethiopia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/42/119

Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-12-07

GAAbstain

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