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/63/41

Decreasing the operational readiness of nuclear weapons systems : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-02

GANo

A/RES/63/40

Prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/63/36

Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons : report of the Conference on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/63/65

Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-02

GANo

A/RES/63/75

Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-02

GANo

A/RES/63/64

The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/63/63

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-02

GANo

A/RES/63/62

Consolidation of peace through practical disarmament measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/63/53

Measures to uphold the authority of the 1925 Geneva Protocol : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-02

GAYes

A/RES/63/54

Effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-02

GANo

A/RES/63/37

Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-12-02

GAYes

S/RES/1846(2008)

Security Council resolution 1846 (2008) [on repressing acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia] · 2008-12-02

SCYes

A/RES/63/31

The Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-11-26

GAAbstain

A/RES/63/26

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-11-26

GAAbstain

A/RES/63/29

Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-11-26

GAYes

A/RES/63/27

Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-11-26

GAAbstain

A/RES/63/30

Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-11-26

GAYes

A/RES/63/28

Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-11-26

GAYes

S/RES/1845(2008)

Security Council resolution 1845 (2008) [authorizing Member States to establish a multinational stabilization force (EUFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a legal successor to SFOR] · 2008-11-20

SCYes

S/RES/1843(2008)

Security Council resolution 1843 (2008) [authorizing a temporary increase in the authorized military and formed police strength of the UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)] · 2008-11-20

SCYes

S/RES/1844(2008)

Security Council resolution 1844 (2008) [on strengthening of the arms embargo against Somalia and on further measures on individuals and entities designated by the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992)] · 2008-11-20

SCYes

A/RES/63/13

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-11-03

GAYes

A/RES/63/7

Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-10-29

GAYes

S/RES/1842(2008)

Security Council resolution 1842 (2008) [on extension of measures imposed by Security Council resolutions 1572 (2004) and 1643 (2005) on sanctions against Côte d'Ivoire and on extension of the mandate of the UN Group of Experts] · 2008-10-29

SCYes

S/RES/1841(2008)

Security Council resolution 1841 (2008) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Panel of Experts Established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1591 (2005)] · 2008-10-15

SCYes

S/RES/1840(2008)

Security Council resolution 1840 (2008) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)] · 2008-10-14

SCYes

S/RES/1839(2008)

Security Council resolution 1838 (2008) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)] · 2008-10-09

SCYes

A/RES/63/3

Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on whether the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo is in accordance with international law : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2008-10-08

GAAbstain

S/RES/1838(2008)

Security Council resolution 1838 (2008) [on acts of piracy and armed robbery against vessels in territorial waters and the high seas off the coast of Somalia] · 2008-10-07

SCYes

S/RES/1836(2008)

Security Council resolution 1836 (2008) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)] · 2008-09-29

SCYes

S/RES/1837(2008)

Security Council resolution 1837 (2008) [on extension of the terms of office of permanent and ad litem Judges to the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia] · 2008-09-29

SCYes

S/RES/1835(2008)

Security Council resolution 1835 (2008) [on Iran's obligations to comply with Security Council's resolutions and meeting the requirements of the IAEA Board of Governors] · 2008-09-27

SCYes

S/RES/1834(2008)

Security Council resolution 1834 (2008) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)] · 2008-09-24

SCYes

S/RES/1833(2008)

Security Council resolution 1833 (2008) [on extension of the authorization of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF)] · 2008-09-22

SCYes

S/RES/1832(2008)

Security Council resolution 1832 (2008) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)] · 2008-08-27

SCYes

S/RES/1831(2008)

Security Council resolution 1801 (2008) [on renewal of the authorization of member States of the African Union to maintain the African Union Mission in Somalia] · 2008-08-19

SCYes

S/RES/1830(2008)

Security Council resolution 1830 (2008) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)] · 2008-08-07

SCYes

S/RES/1829(2008)

Security Council resolution 1829 (2008) [on the establishment of the United Nations Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL)] · 2008-08-04

SCYes

S/RES/1828(2008)

Security Council resolution 1828 (2008) [on extension of the mandate of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID)] · 2008-07-31

SCYes

S/RES/1827(2008)

Security Council resolution 1827 (2008) [on termination of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)] · 2008-07-30

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