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/33/163

Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/151

Reverse transfer of technology : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/33/147

Assistance to the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/176

Importance of the experience of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Situation of Human Rights in Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/33/172

Missing persons in Cyprus : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/150

Specific action related to the particular needs of the land-locked developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/33/159

Debt problems of developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/175

Protection of human rights in Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/33/174

Establishment of the United Nations Trust Fund for Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/33/143

Personnel questions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-20

GAYes

A/RES/33/121[A]

Investments of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund in transnational corporations and in developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GANo

A/RES/33/116[A-VI]

1979 budget estimates for the International Computing Centre : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/33/119

Report of the International Civil Service Commission : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/33/118

Medium-term plan for the period 1980-1983 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/138

Question of the composition of the relevant organs of the United Nations : amendments to rules 31 and 38 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GANo

A/RES/33/137

Finance for development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/116[A-IV]

Amendments to the Financial Regulations of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/120

Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/33/136

Acceleration of the transfer of real resources to developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/116[A-I]

Organizational nomenclature in the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-19

GAYes

A/RES/33/113[C]

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 · 1978-12-18

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/112[F]

Population and refugees displaced since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-18

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/113[B]

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 · 1978-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/33/112[C]

Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for the Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/33/112[A]

Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/33/110

Living conditions of the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-18

GANon-voting

A/RES/33/114

Comprehensive review of the whole question of peace-keeping operations in all their aspects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/33/113[A]

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 · 1978-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/33/112[E]

Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/33/91[F]

Non-stationing of nuclear weapons on the territories of such States where there are no such weapons at present : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-16

GANo

A/RES/33/103

Status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/91[C]

Strategic arms limitation talks : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/33/91[B]

Confidence-building measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/33/99

World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-16

GANo

A/RES/33/97

Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/91[E]

Study on all aspects of regional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/33/98

Implementation of the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/91[D]

Study on nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/33/106

Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-16

GAYes

A/RES/33/100

Results of the World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1978-12-16

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