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/39/99F

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resumption of the ration distribution to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GANo

A/RES/39/95H

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 · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/95A

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 · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/93

Programme of Activities in Observance of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/133

Human rights and scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/99H

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : revenues derived from Palestine refugee properties : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/91

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/130

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/99J

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : Palestine refugees in the West Bank : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/95B

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 · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/146B

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GANo

A/RES/39/99K

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/99I

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : protection of Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/95E

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 · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/146

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GANo

A/RES/39/137

Elaboration of a 2nd Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/134

Human rights and use of scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GANo

A/RES/39/99D

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAYes

A/RES/39/92

Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-14

GAAbstain

S/RES/559(1984)

Security Council resolution 559 (1984) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1984-12-14

SCYes

A/RES/39/71

Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/73

Law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/72E

Public information and public action against apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/72C

Relations between Israel and South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GANo

A/RES/39/72G

Concerted international action for the elimination of apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/72A

Comprehensive sanctions against the apartheid regime and support to the liberation struggle in South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GANo

A/RES/39/90

Review of the multilateral treaty-making process : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/75

Progressive development of the principles and norms of international law relating to the new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/80

Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/76

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 · 1984-12-13

GANo

A/RES/39/72B

Programme of work of the Special Committee against Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/81

Report of the Special Committee on Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Principle of Non-Use of Force in International Relations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GANo

A/RES/39/72D

Apartheid in sports : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

A/RES/39/70

Review of the rates of reimbursement to the Governments of troop-contributing States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-13

GAYes

S/RES/558(1984)

Security Council resolution 558 (1984) [on arms embargo against South Africa] · 1984-12-13

SCYes

A/RES/39/63D

World Disarmament Campaign : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/62

Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAAbstain

A/RES/39/52

Cessation of all test explosions of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GANo

A/RES/39/58

Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/39/57

Conclusion of an international convention on the strengthening of the security of non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-12

GANo

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