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

S/RES/70(1949)

Security Council resolution 70 (1949) [on the Trusteeship Council] · 1949-03-07

SCYes

S/RES/69(1949)

Security Council resolution 69 (1949) [on admission of Israel to membership in the United Nations] · 1949-03-04

SCYes

S/RES/68(1949)

Security Council resolution 68 (1949) [on transmission of General Assembly resolution 192 (111) to the Commission for Conventional Armaments] · 1949-02-10

SCYes

S/RES/67(1949)

Security Council resolution 67 (1949) [on the change of name of the Committee of Good Offices to United Nations Commission for Indonesia] · 1949-01-28

SCYes

S/RES/66(1948)

Security Council resolution 66 (1948) [calling for an immediate cease-fire and facilitation of the supervision of the truce in Palestine] · 1948-12-29

SCYes

S/RES/65(1948)

Security Council resolution 65 (1948) [requesting consular representatives in Batavia to send a report on the situation in Indonesia] · 1948-12-28

SCYes

S/RES/64(1948)

Security Council resolution 64 (1948) [calling for the release of the President of Indonesia and of other political prisoners] · 1948-12-28

SCAbstain

S/RES/63(1948)

Security Council resolution 63 (1948) [calling for the release of the President of Indonesia and of other political prisoners] · 1948-12-24

SCAbstain

A/RES/195(III)

The problem of the independence of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1948-12-12

GAYes

A/RES/250(III)

Transfer of the assets of the League of Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1948-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/252(III)[A]

Appropriations for the financial year 1949 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1948-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/194(III)

Palestine - progress report of the United Nations Mediator : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1948-12-11

GAYes

A/RES/217(III)[A]

International Bill of Human Rights : Universal Declaration of Human Rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1948-12-10

GAYes

A/RES/260(III)[A]

Adoption of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of f the crime of genocide, and text of the Convention : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1948-12-09

GAYes

A/RES/197(III)[I]

Admission of New Members : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1948-12-08

GAYes

A/RES/247(III)

Proposal for the adoption of Spanish as one of the working languages of the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1948-12-07

GANo

A/RES/263(III)

Convocation of a 2nd part of the 3rd session of the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1948-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/200(III)

Technical assistance for economic development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1948-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/255(III)

Transfer to the United Nations of functions and powers previously exercised by the League of Nations under the International Convention Relating to Economic Statistics, signed at Geneva on 14 December 1948 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1948-11-18

GAAbstain

S/RES/62(1948)

Security Council resolution 62 (1948) [on an armistice in all sectors of Palestine] · 1948-11-16

SCYes

S/RES/61(1948)

Security Council resolution 61 (1948) [calling upon interested Governments to withdraw forces that advanced beyond positions held on 14 Oct. 1948 and to establish truce lines and demilitarized zones] · 1948-11-04

SCYes

A/RES/220(III)

Liaison between the Economic and Social Council and the Special Committee on Information transmitted under Article 73e of the Charter : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1948-11-03

GAYes

A/RES/219(III)

Special Committee on information transmitted under Article 73e of the Charter : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1948-11-03

GAYes

A/RES/218(III)

Transmission of information under Article 73e of the Charter : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1948-11-03

GAYes

A/RES/221(III)

Collaboration of the specialized agencies in regard to Article 73e of the Charter : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1948-11-03

GAYes

S/RES/60(1948)

Security Council resolution 60 (1948) [on establishment of a subcommittee to consider amendments and revisions to the revised draft resolution contained in document S/1059/Rev.2 on the question of Palestine] · 1948-10-29

SCYes

S/RES/59(1948)

Security Council resolution 59 (1948) [on investigation of the assassination of the UN Mediator in Palestine] · 1948-10-19

SCYes

S/RES/58(1948)

Security Council resolution 58 (1948) [on conditions under which a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice that is not a Member of the UN may participate in electing Members of the International Court of Justice] · 1948-09-28

SCYes

S/RES/57(1948)

Security Council resolution 57 (1948) [on the death of the UN Mediator in Palestine, Count Folke Bernadotte] · 1948-09-18

SCYes

S/RES/56(1948)

Security Council resolution 56 (1948) [on the situation in Jerusalem] · 1948-08-19

SCYes

S/RES/55(1948)

Security Council resolution 55 (1948) [calling upon the Netherlands and Indonesia to maintain strict observance of the Renville Truce Agreement] · 1948-07-29

SCYes

S/RES/54(1948)

Security Council resolution 54 (1948) [calling on all Governments and authorities to cooperate with the Mediator to maintain peace in Palestine] · 1948-07-15

SCYes

S/RES/53(1948)

Security Council resolution 53 (1948) [appealing to all parties for prolongation of the truce in Palestine] · 1948-07-07

SCYes

S/RES/52(1948)

Security Council resolution 52 (1948) [on international control of atomic energy] · 1948-06-22

SCYes

S/RES/51(1948)

Security Council resolution 51 (1948) [directing the UN Commission for India and Pakistan to proceed without delay to the areas of dispute] · 1948-06-03

SCYes

S/RES/50(1948)

Security Council resolution 50 (1948) [calling for a cessation of hostilities in Palestine] · 1948-05-29

SCYes

S/RES/49(1948)

Security Council resolution 49 (1948) [on calling for a cease-fire and maintenance of the truce in Jerusalem] · 1948-05-22

SCYes

A/RES/189(S-2)

Appreciation of the work of the United Nations Palestine Commission : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1948-05-14

GAYes

S/RES/48(1948)

Security Council resolution 48 (1948) [on establishment of the UN Truce Commission for Palestine] · 1948-04-23

SCYes

S/RES/47(1948)

Security Council resolution 47 (1948) [on restoration of peace and order and the plebiscite in the State of Jammu and Kashmir] · 1948-04-21

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