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/38/11

Proposed new racial constitution of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-11-15

GAYes

A/RES/38/9

Armed Israeli aggression against the Iraqi nuclear installations and its grave consequences for the established international system concerning the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and international peace and security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-11-10

GAYes

A/RES/38/7

The situation in Grenada : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-11-02

GAYes

S/RES/540(1983)

Security Council resolution 540 (1983) [on the situation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq] · 1983-10-31

SCYes

S/RES/539(1983)

Security Council resolution 539 (1983) [rejecting South Africa's insistence on linking the independence of Namibia to irrelevant and extraneous issues as incompatible with resolution 435 (1978)] · 1983-10-28

SCYes

A/RES/38/3

The situation in Kampuchea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-10-27

GAYes

S/RES/538(1983)

Security Council resolution 538 (1983) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1983-10-18

SCYes

S/RES/537(1983)

Security Council resolution 537 (1983) [on admission of Saints Kitts and Nevis to membership in the United Nations] · 1983-09-22

SCYes

S/RES/536(1983)

Security Council resolution 536 (1983) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1983-07-18

SCYes

S/RES/535(1983)

Security Council resolution 535 (1983) [on UN Mission to Lesotho] · 1983-06-29

SCYes

S/RES/534(1983)

Security Council resolution 534 (1983) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Forces in Cyprus] · 1983-06-15

SCYes

S/RES/533(1983)

Security Council resolution 533 (1983) [on death sentences imposed on 3 members of the African National Congress] · 1983-06-07

SCYes

S/RES/532(1983)

Security Council resolution 532 (1983) [on implementation of Security Council resolution 435 (1978) on the Namibia question] · 1983-05-31

SCYes

S/RES/531(1983)

Security Council resolution 531 (1983) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1983-05-26

SCYes

S/RES/530(1983)

Security Council resolution 530 (1983) [on the situation in Central America] · 1983-05-19

SCYes

A/RES/37/253

Question of Cyprus : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1983-05-13

GAYes

S/RES/529(1983)

Security Council resolution 529 (1983) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1983-01-18

SCYes

A/RES/37/244

Long-term financial and institutional arrangements for the United Nations Financing System for Science and Technology for Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/37/243A

Revised budget appropriations for the biennium 1982-1983 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/37/237XII

Changes in the top echelon of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-21

GANo

A/RES/37/236B

Respect for the privileges and immunities of officials of the United Nations and the specialized agencies and related organizations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/37/237XI

Adequacy of the conference facilities of the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/37/251

Development of the energy resources of developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/37/238

Review of the financing of the administrative costs of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/37/252

Immediate measures in favour of the developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/37/237II

Travel of representatives from the least developed countries to attend regional preparatory meetings for the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/37/250

Immediate implementation of the Nairobi Programme of Action for the Development and Utilization of New and Renewable Sources of Energy : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-21

GAYes

A/RES/37/243C

Financing of appropriations for the year 1983 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-21

GAAbstain

A/RES/37/235C-II

Personnel questions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-21

GAYes

S/RES/528(1982)

Security Council resolution 528 (1982) [on inclusion of Arabic among the official and working languages of the Security Council] · 1982-12-21

SCYes

A/RES/37/207

Development aspects of the reverse transfer of technology : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-20

GANo

A/RES/37/204

Review of the implementation of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/37/233B

Implementation of Security Council resolution 435 (1978) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/37/123F

The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-20

GANo

A/RES/37/215

Remnants of war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/37/233D

Dissemination of information and mobilization of international public opinion in support of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/37/230

United Nations Special Fund for Land-locked Developing Countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/37/222

Living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/37/86E

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/37/212

Industrial development co-operation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-20

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