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/42/23C

Comprehensive and mandatory sanctions against the racist regime of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-11-20

GANo

A/RES/42/23F

Oil embargo against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-11-20

GANo

A/RES/42/23B

Application of co-ordinated and strictly monitored measures against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-11-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/42/20

Law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-11-18

GAYes

A/RES/42/19

Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-11-17

GAYes

A/RES/42/18

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 · 1987-11-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/42/17

Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-11-11

GANo

A/RES/42/15

The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-11-10

GAYes

A/RES/42/16

Zone of peace and co-operation of the South Atlantic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-11-10

GAAbstain

A/RES/42/14E

UN Fund for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-11-06

GAAbstain

A/RES/42/14D

Dissemination of information and mobilization of international public opinion in support of the immediate independence of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-11-06

GAAbstain

A/RES/42/14C

Programme of work of the UN Council for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-11-06

GAAbstain

A/RES/42/14A

Situation in Namibia resulting from the illegal occupation of the Territory by South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-11-06

GAAbstain

A/RES/42/14B

Question of Namibia : implementation of Security Council Resolution 435 (1978) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-11-06

GAAbstain

S/RES/601(1987)

Security Council resolution 601 (1987) [authorizing the Secretary-General to arrange a cease-fire between South Africa and SWAPO] · 1987-10-30

SCYes

A/RES/42/7

Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-10-22

GAAbstain

S/RES/600(1987)

Security Council resolution 600 (1987) [on the conditions under which Nauru might become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice] · 1987-10-19

SCYes

A/RES/42/5

Co-operation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-10-15

GAYes

A/RES/42/3

The situation in Kampuchea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-10-14

GAYes

S/RES/599(1987)

Security Council resolution 599 (1987) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1987-07-31

SCYes

S/RES/598(1987)

Security Council resolution 598 (1987) [requesting the Secretary-General to dispatch observers to supervise the cease-fire between Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran] · 1987-07-20

SCYes

S/RES/597(1987)

Security Council resolution 597 (1987) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1987-06-12

SCYes

S/RES/596(1987)

Security Council resolution 596 (1987) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1987-05-29

SCYes

S/RES/595(1987)

Security Council resolution 595 (1987) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1987-03-27

SCYes

S/RES/594(1987)

Security Council resolution 594 (1987) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1987-01-15

SCYes

A/RES/41/211C

Programme budget for the biennium 1986-1987 - financing of appropriations for the year 1987 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-11

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/209[VI]

Loan to United Nations Industrial Development Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-11

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/209[III]

Health insurance coverage for locally-recruited staff in general service and related categories at designated duty stations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/41/211A

Programme budget for the biennium 1986-1987 : revised budget appropriations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-11

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/209[VIII]

Judgement No. 370 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal related to the suspension of class 12 post adjustment in New York : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/41/209[IX]

Job classification of the General Service and related categories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-11

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/209[V]

News service of the Department of Political and Security Council Affairs : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-11

GANo

A/RES/41/211B

Programme budget for the biennium 1986-1987 : revised income estimates : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/41/212B

UN Conference for the Promotion of International Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-11

GAAbstain

S/RES/593(1986)

Security Council resolution 593 (1986) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1986-12-11

SCYes

A/RES/41/200

Assistance to Benin, the Central African Republic, the Comoros, Democratic Yemen, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone and Vanuatu : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-08

GAYes

A/RES/41/199

Special assistance to front-line States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-08

GAYes

A/RES/41/195

Assistance to Uganda : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-08

GAYes

A/RES/41/184

Report of the Secretary-General in implementation of General Assembly resolution 40/173 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-08

GANo

A/RES/41/181

Assistance to the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-08

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