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/1182(XII)

The future of Togoland under French administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-11-29

GAYes

A/RES/1180(XII)

The Korean question : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-11-29

GAYes

A/RES/1178(XII)

The questions of race conflict in South Africa resulting from the policies of apartheid of the Government of the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-11-26

GANo

A/RES/1179(XII)

Treatment of people of Indian origin in the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-11-26

GAAbstain

A/RES/1155(XII)

Proposed Economic Commission for Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-11-26

GAYes

A/RES/1151(XII)

United Nations Emergency Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-11-22

GAYes

A/RES/1150(XII)

Enlargement of the membership of the Disarmament Commission : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-11-19

GAYes

A/RES/1148(XII)

Regulation, limitation and balanced reduction of all armed forces and all armaments; conclusion of an international convention (treaty) on the reduction of armaments and the prohibition of atomic, hydrogen and other weapons of mass destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-11-14

GAYes

A/RES/1149(XII)

Collective action to inform and enlighten the peoples of the world as to the dangers of the armaments race, and particularly as to the destructive effects of modern weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-11-14

GAYes

A/RES/1143(XII)

Establishment of a Good Offices Committee on South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-10-25

GAYes

A/RES/1135(XII)

Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-09-24

GAYes

A/RES/1134(XII)

Admission of the Federation of Malaya to membership in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-09-17

GAYes

A/RES/1133(XI)

Resolution 1133 : [question considered by the 2nd emergency special session of the General Assembly from 4 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-09-14

GAYes

S/RES/125(1957)

Security Council resolution 125 (1957) [on admission of the Federation of Malaya (Malaysia) to membership in the United Nations] · 1957-09-05

SCYes

A/RES/1118(XI)

Admission of Ghana to membership in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-03-08

GAYes

S/RES/124(1957)

Security Council resolution 124 (1957) [on admission of Ghana to membership in the United Nations] · 1957-03-07

SCYes

A/RES/1064(XI)

Attainment of self-government or independence by Trust Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-02-26

GANo

S/RES/123(1957)

Security Council resolution 123 (1957) [on negotiations on the India-Pakistan question] · 1957-02-21

SCYes

A/RES/1012(XI)

Question of Algeria : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-02-15

GANon-voting

A/RES/1125(XI)

Resolution 1125 : [question considered by the 1st emergency special session of the General Assembly from 1 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-02-02

GAAbstain

A/RES/1124(XI)

Resolution 1124 : [question considered by the 1st emergency special session of the General Assembly from 1 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-02-02

GANo

A/RES/1040(XI)

Convention on the Nationality of Married Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-01-29

GAAbstain

S/RES/122(1957)

Security Council resolution 122 (1957) [on the final disposition of the State of Jammu and Kashmir] · 1957-01-24

SCYes

A/RES/1046(XI)

The future of Togoland under French administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-01-23

GAYes

A/RES/1123(XI)

Resolution 1123 : [question considered by the 1st emergency special session of the General Assembly from 1 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-01-19

GANo

A/RES/1132(XI)

Resolution 1132 : [question considered by the 2nd emergency special session of the General Assembly from 4 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1957-01-10

GAYes

A/RES/1113(XI)

Admission of Japan to membership the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-12-18

GAYes

A/RES/1044(XI)

The future of Togoland under British administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-12-13

GAYes

S/RES/121(1956)

Security Council resolution 121 (1956) [on admission of Japan to membership in the United Nations] · 1956-12-12

SCYes

A/RES/1038(XI)

Membership of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Fund : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-12-07

GAYes

A/RES/1130(XI)

Resolution 1130 : [question considered by the 2nd emergency special session of the General Assembly from 4 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/1131(XI)

Resolution 1131 : [question considered by the 2nd emergency special session of the General Assembly from 4 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/1122(XI)

Resolution 1122 : [question considered by the 1st emergency special session of the General Assembly from 1 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-24

GAYes

A/RES/1120(XI)

Resolution 1120 : [question considered by the 1st emergency special session of the General Assembly from 1 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-24

GANo

A/RES/1127(XI)

Resolution 1127 : [question considered by the 2nd emergency special session of the General Assembly from 4 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-21

GAYes

A/RES/1129(XI)

Resolution 1129 : [question considered by the 2nd emergency special session of the General Assembly from 4 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-21

GAYes

A/RES/1128(XI)

Resolution 1128 : [question considered by the 2nd emergency special session of the General Assembly from 4 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-21

GAYes

A/RES/1108(XI)

Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-16

GAYes

A/RES/1110(XI)

Admission of the Sudan to membership the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-12

GAYes

A/RES/1111(XI)

Admission of Morocco to membership the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-12

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