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/2936(XXVII)

Non-use of force in international relations and permanent prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-11-29

GAAbstain

A/RES/2934(XXVII)[A]

Urgent need for suspension of nuclear and thermonuclear tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-11-29

GANo

A/RES/2926(XXVII)

Report of the International Law Commission : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-11-28

GAAbstain

S/RES/322(1972)

Security Council resolution 322 (1972) [on the situation in Territories under Portuguese administration] · 1972-11-22

SCYes

A/RES/2923(XXVII)[A]

Maltreatment and torture of prisoners and detainees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-11-15

GAYes

A/RES/2923(XXVII)[B]

United Nations Trust Fund for South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-11-15

GAYes

A/RES/2923(XXVII)[E]

Situation in South Africa resulting from the policies of apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-11-15

GAAbstain

A/RES/2923(XXVII)[D]

Dissemination of information on apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-11-15

GAAbstain

A/RES/2923(XXVII)[C]

Programme of work of the Special Committee on Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-11-15

GAAbstain

A/RES/2918(XXVII)

Question of Territories under Portuguese administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-11-14

GAAbstain

A/RES/2916(XXVII)

Preparation of an international convention on principles governing the use by States of artificial earth satellites for direct television broadcasting : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-11-09

GAYes

A/RES/2908(XXVII)

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1972-11-02

GANo

S/RES/321(1972)

Security Council resolution 321 (1972) [on Portuguese military actions against Senegal] · 1972-10-23

SCYes

S/RES/320(1972)

Security Council resolution 320 (1972) [on action which could be taken in view of the refusal of South Africa and Portugal to implement sanctions against Southern Rhodesia] · 1972-09-29

SCYes

S/RES/319(1972)

Security Council resolution 319 (1972) [approving the proposal of the Secretary-General to proceed with the appointment of a representative to assist him on the Namibia question] · 1972-08-01

SCYes

S/RES/318(1972)

Security Council resolution 318 (1972) [calling upon all States to end economic and other relations with Southern Rhodesia] · 1972-07-28

SCYes

S/RES/317(1972)

Security Council resolution 317 (1972) [on Syrian and Lebanese military personnel abducted by Israeli forces from Lebanon, 21 June 1972] · 1972-07-21

SCYes

S/RES/316(1972)

Security Council resolution 316 (1972) [on Israeli military actions against Lebanon] · 1972-06-26

SCYes

S/RES/315(1972)

Security Council resolution 315 (1972) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1972-06-15

SCYes

S/RES/314(1972)

Security Council resolution 314 (1972) [urging all States to implement sanctions against Southern Rhodesia] · 1972-02-28

SCYes

S/RES/313(1972)

Security Council resolution 313 (1972) [on Israeli military actions against Lebanon] · 1972-02-28

SCYes

S/RES/312(1972)

Security Council resolution 312 (1972) [on the situation in Territories under Portuguese administration] · 1972-02-04

SCAbstain

S/RES/309(1972)

Security Council resolution 309 (1972) [on establishment of a group of the Security Council on the Namibia question] · 1972-02-04

SCYes

S/RES/311(1972)

Security Council resolution 311 (1972) [on policies of apartheid in South Africa] · 1972-02-04

SCAbstain

S/RES/310(1972)

Security Council resolution 310 (1972) [on South Africa labour policies in Namibia] · 1972-02-04

SCAbstain

S/RES/308(1972)

Security Council resolution 308 (1972) [on holding of meetings of the Security Council in Addis Ababa, 28 Jan.-4 Feb. 1972] · 1972-01-19

SCNon-voting

A/RES/2901(XXVI)

Working Capital Fund for the financial year 1972 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/2894(XXVI)

United Nations accommodation in Bangkok and Addis Ababa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/2892(XXVI)

Programme of major maintenance of and improvements to the Palais des Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/2891(XXVI)

Extension of the Palais des Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/2890(XXVI)[B]

Emoluments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/2890(XXVI)[A]

Pension scheme : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/2899(XXVI)[B]

Income estimates for the financial year 1972 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/2899(XXVI)[C]

Financing of appropriations for the financial year 1972 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/2897(XXVI)

Review and reappraisal of United Nations information policies and activities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-22

GAAbstain

A/RES/2895(XXVI)

Headquarters accommodation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-22

GAAbstain

A/RES/2889(XXVI)

Honorarium of the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/2893(XXVI)

United Nations building in Santiago, Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-22

GAYes

A/RES/2899(XXVI)[A]

Budget appropriations for the financial year 1972 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-22

GAAbstain

A/RES/2900(XXVI)

Unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for the financial year 1972 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-22

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