France
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- France has participated in 2432 votes since 4 March 1994, most recently on 23 December 2009
France is a permanent member of the Security Council.
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Minority votes in the General Assembly
Sometimes these votes highlight an issue where there is a difference from the majority of the international community.
France…
| voted alone (out of 180 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution V (resolution 61/129). | 14 December 2006 |
| voted alone (out of 181 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution V (resolution 63/109). | 5 December 2008 |
| voted alone (out of 181 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution VI (resolution 63/110). | 5 December 2008 |
| voted alone (out of 174 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution V (resolution 59/135). | 10 December 2004 |
| voted alone (out of 155 nations) against | Operative paragraph 9. | 1 December 1999 |
| was absent with 20 other nations when 171 voted | The operative paragraph 6 of draft resolution IV. | 5 December 2007 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 182) to abstain on | Draft resolution XXVII (resolution 62/48). | 5 December 2007 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 180) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 62/113). | 17 December 2007 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 179) to abstain on | Draft resolution IV (resolution 62/119). | 17 December 2007 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 180) to abstain on | Draft resolution V, as orally amended, (resolution 62/120). | 17 December 2007 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 160) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 57/139). | 11 December 2002 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 181) to abstain on | Draft resolution VI (resolution 61/64). | 6 December 2006 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 183) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 61/123). | 14 December 2006 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 181) to abstain on | Draft resolution VI (resolution 61/130). | 14 December 2006 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 183) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 63/102). | 5 December 2008 |
| voted with 176 other nations (out of 180) in favour of | Draft decision IV (decision 58/520). | 8 December 2003 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 184) to abstain on | Draft resolution XIII (resolution 59/78). | 3 December 2004 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 180) to abstain on | Draft resolution VII (resolution 60/61). | 8 December 2005 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 172) to abstain on | Draft resolution V (resolution 60/118). | 8 December 2005 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 159) against | Operative paragraph 3 as a whole of draft resolution L. | 1 December 1999 |
Minority votes in the Security Council
For a permanent member a vote against constitutes a veto.
- 12 September 2003 – Letters dated 20 and 23 December 1991, from France, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America (S/23306, S/23307, S/23308, S/23309 and S/23317) Letter dated 15 August 2003 from the Charge d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2003/818) Letter dated 15 August 2003 from the Permanent Representatives of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2003/819) Voting on draft resolution S/2003/824
- 12 June 2003 – United Nations peacekeeping Letter dated 6 June 2003 from the Permanent Representatives of Canada, Jordan, Liechtenstein, New Zealand and Switzerland to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2003/620)
- 1 August 2003 – The situation in Liberia Letter dated 29 July 2003 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2003/769)
- 17 December 1999 – The situation between Iraq and Kuwait
- 23 October 1997 – The situation between Iraq and Kuwait Note by the Secretary-General (S/1997/774)
- 27 March 2001 – The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question
- 23 June 2000 – Briefing by Mr. Carl Bildt, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Balkans
- 18 December 2000 – The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question
Ambassadors
People who have spoken in the General Assembly or Security Council in the name of France. Sometimes ministers or heads of state take the place of the official ambassador of the day.
| Name | Speeches | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Alabrune | 3 | 26 October 2000 | 20 November 2000 |
| Ms. Ameline | 1 | 14 October 2004 | 14 October 2004 |
| Mr. Araud | 13 | 9 September 2009 | 10 December 2009 |
| Mr. Balladur | 1 | 11 July 1994 | 11 July 1994 |
| Mr. Barnier | 2 | 22 September 2004 | 23 September 2004 |
| Mr. Le Caruyer de Beauvais | 1 | 28 November 2000 | 28 November 2000 |
| Mr. de Beauvais | 1 | 18 November 1999 | 18 November 1999 |
| Mr. Bianco | 1 | 15 November 1999 | 15 November 1999 |
| Mr. Bigot | 1 | 1 December 2000 | 1 December 2000 |
| Mr. Bockel | 1 | 22 October 2007 | 22 October 2007 |
| Mr. Bonne | 1 | 13 November 2009 | 13 November 2009 |
| Mr. Bossiere | 2 | 25 October 2000 | 30 October 2000 |
| Mr. Bossière | 7 | 5 September 2000 | 21 November 2000 |
| Mr. Brachet | 1 | 20 October 2004 | 20 October 2004 |
| Mr. Le Bret | 1 | 6 December 2000 | 6 December 2000 |
| Mr. Breton | 1 | 27 June 2005 | 27 June 2005 |
| Mr. Brunet | 2 | 29 November 2000 | 21 November 2001 |
| Ms. Bukuru | 1 | 13 December 2007 | 13 December 2007 |
| Ms. De Carne | 1 | 4 December 2000 | 4 December 2000 |
| Mr. De Charette | 2 | 25 September 1996 | 27 September 1996 |
| Mr. de Charette | 2 | 26 September 1995 | 27 September 1995 |
| Mr. Chatel | 1 | 15 May 2008 | 15 May 2008 |
| Mr. Chibaeff | 1 | 28 November 2006 | 28 November 2006 |
| President Chirac | 6 | 23 October 1995 | 19 September 2006 |
| Mr. Colas | 1 | 24 November 1999 | 24 November 1999 |
| Mrs. Collet | 4 | 8 March 2005 | 19 December 2006 |
| Mrs. D’Achon | 9 | 28 April 2003 | 25 May 2004 |
| Ms. D’Achon | 3 | 27 November 2001 | 21 December 2001 |
| Mr. Dejammet | 115 | 16 October 1995 | 9 March 2000 |
| Mr. Delacroix | 11 | 2 October 2008 | 15 December 2008 |
| Mr. Delon | 1 | 4 September 2008 | 4 September 2008 |
| Mr. Douste-Blazy | 8 | 18 September 2005 | 21 September 2006 |
| Mr. Doutriaux | 59 | 25 November 1998 | 11 October 2002 |
| Mr. Drut | 1 | 6 November 1995 | 6 November 1995 |
| Mr. Duclos | 66 | 23 October 2002 | 22 August 2006 |
| Mr. Déjammet | 1 | 19 March 1999 | 19 March 1999 |
| Mr. Zipper de Fabiani | 1 | 29 September 1998 | 29 September 1998 |
| Mr. Fieschi | 1 | 13 September 2007 | 13 September 2007 |
| Mr. Florent | 2 | 28 June 2001 | 16 October 2003 |
| Mr. Le Gargasson | 1 | 20 December 2000 | 20 December 2000 |
| Ms. Gasri | 1 | 18 December 2008 | 18 December 2008 |
| Mr. Gaussot | 12 | 25 September 1995 | 11 December 1995 |
| Mrs. Gazeau-Secret | 1 | 23 September 1996 | 23 September 1996 |
| Ms. Gazeau-Secret | 1 | 1 October 1996 | 1 October 1996 |
| Ms. Girardin | 1 | 16 April 2007 | 16 April 2007 |
| Ms. Gras | 1 | 5 September 2000 | 5 September 2000 |
| Mr. Guyot | 1 | 4 December 1996 | 4 December 1996 |
| Mr. Jospin | 1 | 20 September 1999 | 20 September 1999 |
| Mr. Josselin | 3 | 24 September 1999 | 15 November 2001 |
| Mr. Journes | 1 | 8 December 2003 | 8 December 2003 |
| Mr. Journès | 1 | 28 November 2005 | 28 November 2005 |
| Mr. Joyandet | 2 | 29 September 2009 | 30 September 2009 |
| Mr. Juppé | 3 | 28 September 1994 | 12 November 2008 |
| Mr. Kassianides | 1 | 26 November 2008 | 26 November 2008 |
| Mr. De Kerchove | 1 | 4 September 2008 | 4 September 2008 |
| Mr. Kouchner | 6 | 12 February 2008 | 11 May 2009 |
| Mr. Lacroix | 70 | 31 August 2006 | 7 August 2009 |
| Mr. Ladsous | 51 | 21 April 1994 | 21 March 1997 |
| Mr. Legal | 5 | 15 October 1996 | 19 September 1997 |
| Mr. Lenain | 1 | 26 October 2000 | 26 October 2000 |
| Mr. Levitte | 130 | 21 March 2000 | 12 November 2002 |
| Mr. Lévitte | 1 | 18 December 2001 | 18 December 2001 |
| Mr. Maubert | 1 | 21 April 1995 | 21 April 1995 |
| Mr. Mauriès | 1 | 22 October 2002 | 22 October 2002 |
| Mr. Muselier | 1 | 12 January 2005 | 12 January 2005 |
| Mr. Mérimée | 53 | 5 April 1994 | 15 September 1995 |
| Mr. Perben | 1 | 15 April 1996 | 15 April 1996 |
| Mr. Pic | 1 | 20 November 2006 | 20 November 2006 |
| Mr. Del Picchia | 2 | 27 October 1999 | 3 November 2008 |
| Mr. Poirier | 3 | 15 November 2004 | 20 July 2005 |
| Mr. Poniatowski | 1 | 24 October 2007 | 24 October 2007 |
| Mr. Renié | 5 | 21 September 2007 | 22 December 2008 |
| Mr. Richier | 2 | 20 November 1997 | 25 November 1998 |
| Mr. Ripert | 90 | 10 August 2007 | 5 August 2009 |
| Ms. Rispal | 1 | 13 October 2005 | 13 October 2005 |
| Mr. De Rivière | 20 | 20 September 2005 | 25 November 2009 |
| Mr. de Rivière | 1 | 10 December 2008 | 10 December 2008 |
| Mr. De la Sabliere | 1 | 20 December 2002 | 20 December 2002 |
| Mr. De La Sablière | 153 | 13 February 2003 | 25 July 2007 |
| Mr. De la Sablière | 4 | 4 December 2002 | 2 September 2004 |
| Mr. de La Sablière | 9 | 18 July 2003 | 15 December 2006 |
| Mr. De La Sabliére | 1 | 23 July 2003 | 23 July 2003 |
| President Sarkozy | 4 | 25 September 2007 | 24 September 2009 |
| Mr. Serieys | 1 | 15 September 2006 | 15 September 2006 |
| Mr. Teixeira da Silva | 5 | 30 April 1998 | 5 June 2001 |
| Mr. Texeira da Silva | 1 | 17 July 2000 | 17 July 2000 |
| Mr. Thiebaud | 13 | 30 June 1995 | 28 August 1998 |
| Mr. Thiébaud | 2 | 12 January 1995 | 25 November 1997 |
| Mr. Vedrine | 1 | 12 September 2000 | 12 September 2000 |
| Mr. De Villepin | 5 | 10 September 2002 | 15 September 2005 |
| Mr. Galouzeau de Villepin | 6 | 12 September 2002 | 24 September 2003 |
| Mr. Viossat | 2 | 21 May 2007 | 11 June 2008 |
| Mr. Védrine | 7 | 24 September 1997 | 13 November 2001 |
| Mr. Wiltzer | 1 | 23 February 2005 | 23 February 2005 |
| Mrs. Yade | 3 | 16 April 2008 | 20 May 2008 |
| Ms. Yade | 2 | 19 June 2008 | 26 September 2008 |
| Mr. Zipper | 2 | 10 November 1998 | 25 November 1998 |
| Mrs. d’Achon | 1 | 21 November 2002 | 21 November 2002 |
| Ms. d’Achon | 1 | 20 December 2002 | 20 December 2002 |
