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.

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USARUSGBRCHN

A/RES/41/60F

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/59H

Comprehensive study on the military use of research and development : military use of research and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/59B

General and complete disarmament : objective information on military matters : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/55B

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE DENUCLEARIZATION OF AFRICA : NUCLEAR CAPABILITY OF SOUTH AFRICA · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/69H

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : revenues derived from Palestine refugees properties : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/69D

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : grants and scholarships for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/68A

Questions relating to information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/63G

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 · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/63A

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 · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/59M

General and complete disarmament : conventional disarmament on a regional basis : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/58B

PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL WEAPONS · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/54

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 40/88 on the immediate cessation and prohibiton of nuclear-weapon tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/49

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/59L

General and complete disarmament : prohibition of the production of fissionable material for weapons purposes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/59K

General and complete disarmament : naval armaments and disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/59I

General and complete disarmament : prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of radiological weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/59E

General and complete disarmament : confidence-building and security-building measures and conventional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/44B

Financing of the UN Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/71

Observer status of national liberation movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity and/or by the League of Arab States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/63F

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 · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/63C

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 · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/63B

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 · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/60A

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : World Disarmament Campaign : actions and activities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/68E

Questions relating to information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/63E

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 · 1986-12-03

GAYes

A/RES/41/60B

Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : World Disarmament Campaign : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/59D

General and complete disarmament : contribution of the specialized agencies and other organizations and programmes of the UN system to the cause of arms limitation and disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/46A

Cessation of all nuclear-test explosions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-03

GANo

A/RES/41/43D

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-02

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/41B

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-02

GANo

A/RES/41/42

Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-02

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/43B

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-02

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/43A

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-02

GAAbstain

A/RES/41/41A

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-02

GANo

A/RES/41/43C

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-02

GAAbstain

S/RES/591(1986)

Security Council resolution 591 (1986) [on the arms embargo against South Africa] · 1986-11-28

SCYes

S/RES/590(1986)

Security Council resolution 590 (1986) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1986-11-26

SCYes

A/RES/41/40

Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-11-25

GAYes

A/RES/41/38

Declaration of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity on the aerial and naval military attack against the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya by the present United States Administration in April 1986 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-11-20

GANo

A/RES/41/39C

Programme of work of the UN Council for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-11-20

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