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/2070(XX)

Question of Gibraltar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1965-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/2071(XX)

Question of British Guiana : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1965-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/2064(XX)

Question of the Cook Islands : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1965-12-16

GAAbstain

A/RES/2054(XX)[A]

The policies of apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1965-12-15

GAAbstain

A/RES/2052(XX)

Reports of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1965-12-15

GAYes

A/RES/2033(XX)

Declaration on the denuclearization of Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1965-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/2032(XX)

Urgent need for suspension of nuclear and thermonuclear tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1965-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/2031(XX)

Question of general and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1965-12-03

GAAbstain

A/RES/2030(XX)

Question of convening a world disarmament conference : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1965-11-29

GAAbstain

S/RES/218(1965)

Security Council resolution 218 (1965) [on the question of Territories under Portuguese administration] · 1965-11-23

SCAbstain

S/RES/217(1965)

Security Council resolution 217 (1965) [on the proclamation of independence by the minority régime in Southern Rhodesia] · 1965-11-20

SCAbstain

A/RES/2028(XX)

Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1965-11-19

GAAbstain

A/RES/2025(XX)

Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1965-11-17

GANo

S/RES/216(1965)

Security Council resolution 216 (1965) [calling on all States not to recognize the minority régime in Southern Rhodesia] · 1965-11-12

SCAbstain

A/RES/2024(XX)

Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1965-11-11

GAAbstain

A/RES/2022(XX)

Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1965-11-05

GAAbstain

A/RES/2023(XX)

Question of Aden : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1965-11-05

GANo

S/RES/215(1965)

Security Council resolution 215 (1965) [calling upon India and Pakistan to schedule troop withdrawal] · 1965-11-05

SCYes

S/RES/214(1965)

Security Council resolution 214 (1965) [demanding that parties observe the cease-fire and calls for prompt withdrawal of military personnel] · 1965-09-27

SCNon-voting

S/RES/211(1965)

Security Council resolution 211 (1965) [demanding immediate cease-fire and subsequent withdrawal of armed personnel] · 1965-09-20

SCYes

S/RES/213(1965)

Security Council resolution 213 (1965) [on admission of Singapore to membership in the United Nations] · 1965-09-20

SCYes

S/RES/212(1965)

Security Council resolution 212 (1965) [on admission of the Maldives to membership in the United Nations] · 1965-09-20

SCYes

S/RES/210(1965)

Security Council resolution 210 (1965) [requesting strengthening of the UN Military Observer Group in India] · 1965-09-06

SCYes

S/RES/209(1965)

Security Council resolution 209 (1965) [on an immediate cease-fire between India and Pakistan] · 1965-09-04

SCYes

S/RES/208(1965)

Security Council resolution 208 (1965) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1965-08-10

SCYes

S/RES/207(1965)

Security Council resolution 207 (1965) [reaffirming resolution 186 (1964) on the Cyprus question] · 1965-08-10

SCYes

S/RES/206(1965)

Security Council resolution 206 (1965) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1965-06-15

SCYes

S/RES/205(1965)

Security Council resolution 205 (1965) [calling for a permanent cease-fire in Santo Domingo] · 1965-05-22

SCYes

S/RES/204(1965)

Security Council resolution 204 (1965) [on incursion by Portuguese military forces into Senegalese territory] · 1965-05-19

SCYes

S/RES/203(1965)

Security Council resolution 203 (1965) [inviting the Secretary-General to send a representative to the Dominican Republic] · 1965-05-14

SCYes

S/RES/202(1965)

Security Council resolution 202 (1965) [requesting the United Kingdom to take all necessary action to prevent a unilateral declaration of independence for Southern Rhodesia by the minority Government] · 1965-05-06

SCAbstain

S/RES/201(1965)

Security Council resolution 201 (1965) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1965-03-19

SCYes

S/RES/200(1965)

Security Council resolution 200 (1965) [on admission of Gambia to membership in the United Nations] · 1965-03-15

SCYes

S/RES/199(1964)

Security Council resolution 199 (1964) [on the withdrawal of mercenary troops from the Democratic Republic of the Congo] · 1964-12-30

SCAbstain

S/RES/198(1964)

Security Council resolution 198 (1964) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1964-12-18

SCYes

S/RES/197(1964)

Security Council resolution 197 (1964) [on admission of Zambia to membership in the United Nations] · 1964-10-30

SCYes

S/RES/196(1964)

Security Council resolution 196 (1964) [on admission of Malta to membership in the United Nations] · 1964-10-30

SCYes

S/RES/195(1964)

Security Council resolution 195 (1964) [on admission of Malawi to membership in the United Nations] · 1964-10-09

SCYes

S/RES/194(1964)

Security Council resolution 194 (1964) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1964-09-25

SCYes

S/RES/193(1964)

Security Council resolution 193 (1964) [calling for a cease-fire in Cyprus] · 1964-08-09

SCYes

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