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/41/197

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

GAYes

A/RES/41/180

Net transfer of resources from developing to developed countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-08

GANo

A/RES/41/187

Proclamation of the World Decade for Cultural Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-08

GAYes

S/RES/592(1986)

Security Council resolution 592 (1986) [on Israeli policy towards Palestinians in the occupied territories] · 1986-12-08

SCYes

A/RES/41/179A

Financing of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/41/179B

Financing of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-05

GAYes

A/RES/41/164

Trade embargo against Nicaragua : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-05

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/165

Economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-05

GANo

A/RES/41/162A

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GANo

A/RES/41/146

Realization of the right to adequate housing : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/131

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 · 1986-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/103

Status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/88B

Question of Antarctica · 1986-12-04

GANon-voting

A/RES/41/86H

Climatic effects of nuclear war, including nuclear winter : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/156

Situation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms in Guatemala : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/151

Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/92

Establishment of a comprehensive system of international peace and security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GANo

A/RES/41/91

Need for result-oriented political dialogue to improve the international situation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/86I

Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 11th Special Session : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/86D

Disarmament Week : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/86B

Non-use of nuclear weapons and prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GANo

A/RES/41/159

Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/158

Question of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Afghanistan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/93

Israeli nuclear armament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/86O

Implementation of the recommendations and decisions of the 10th Special Session : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GANo

A/RES/41/143

Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/102

Use of mercenaries as a means to violate human rights and to impede the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GANo

A/RES/41/101

Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GANo

A/RES/41/88C

Question of Antarctica · 1986-12-04

GANon-voting

A/RES/41/86K

International co-operation for disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GANo

A/RES/41/86J

Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 11th Special Session : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/86G

Prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GANo

A/RES/41/162C

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/141

Assistance to displaced persons in Ethiopia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/128

Declaration on the Right to Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/117

Indivisibility and interdependence of economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/115

Human rights and scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/86N

Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/86A

Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/41/157

Situation of human rights in El Salvador : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04

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