France
Out of 184 recorded plenary votes during the 80th session period of the UN General Assembly (incl. emergency special sessions), France participated in 184 (137 Yes, 25 No, 22 Abstain). In contested votes, its closest partner is Luxembourg (90.1% – 64 of 71; in all votes 91.8% – 169 of 184).
184 of 184 votes
71 contested votes
1 against the tide
15 deviations from EU majority
Closest Partners at the UN
Countries with highest agreement in contested votes (where less than 90% voted in favor).
Furthest Countries at the UN
Countries with lowest agreement in contested votes.
Equatorial Guinea
20.8% in contested (11 of 53)
68.2% in all votes (101 of 148) · 26 opposite votes (17.6% – 26 of 148)
Iran
20.9% in contested (14 of 67)
61.6% in all votes (109 of 177) · 29 opposite votes (16.4% – 29 of 177)
Nauru
21.6% in contested (8 of 37)
32.0% in all votes (16 of 50) · 24 opposite votes (48.0% – 24 of 50)
Cameroon
23.0% in contested (14 of 61)
67.1% in all votes (110 of 164) · 21 opposite votes (12.8% – 21 of 164)
Samoa
23.1% in contested (12 of 52)
63.6% in all votes (89 of 140) · 17 opposite votes (12.1% – 17 of 140)
Nicaragua
25.0% in contested (17 of 68)
62.7% in all votes (106 of 169) · 35 opposite votes (20.7% – 35 of 169)
Alignment with Key Powers and Partners
Agreement with selected powers across contested and all votes.
| Country | Contested agreement | All votes agreement | Opposite |
|---|---|---|---|
United Kingdom
|
88.7% (63 of 71) | 93.5% (172 of 184) | 0 |
Germany
|
84.5% (60 of 71) | 89.6% (164 of 183) | 1 |
Ukraine
|
83.1% (59 of 71) | 87.8% (158 of 180) | 3 |
Israel
|
50.7% (36 of 71) | 32.1% (45 of 140) | 55 |
United States
|
48.6% (34 of 70) | 19.1% (35 of 183) | 121 |
Russia
|
39.4% (28 of 71) | 63.6% (117 of 184) | 33 |
China
|
31.0% (22 of 71) | 67.9% (125 of 184) | 24 |
Voting vs. European Union Majority
15 times France voted differently from the European Union majority.
In the remaining 169 votes, France voted in line with the EU majority across 184 plenary votes during the 80th session period, incl. emergency special sessions.
| Resolution | France | EU Majority | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A/RES/80/103 2025-12-05 | Abstain | Yes | Question of the United States Virgin Islands : resolution / adopted by the Gener… |
| A/RES/80/104 2025-12-05 | Abstain | Yes | Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the Gen… |
| A/RES/80/13 2025-12-01 | No | Abstain | Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace : resol… |
| A/RES/80/191 2025-12-15 | Abstain | Yes | Rights of indigenous peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly |
| A/RES/80/193 2025-12-15 | No | Abstain | A global call for concrete action for the elimination of racism, racial discrimi… |
| A/RES/80/218 2025-12-18 | Yes | Abstain | Protection of migrants : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly |
| A/RES/80/23 2025-12-01 | No | Abstain | Possible risks of the integration of artificial intelligence into command, contr… |
| A/RES/80/31 2025-12-01 | No | Abstain | Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas : resolution / adopte… |
| A/RES/80/48 2025-12-01 | Abstain | Yes | Steps to building a common roadmap towards a world without nuclear weapons : res… |
| A/RES/80/50 2025-12-01 | No | Abstain | Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the Gener… |
| A/RES/80/56 2025-12-01 | No | Yes | Modalities of the 2026 meeting on victim assistance and environmental remediatio… |
| A/RES/80/85 2025-12-05 | Abstain | Yes | Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e o… |
Against the Tide Votes (1×)
Votes where France voted No while at least 90% of voting states voted Yes.
| Resolution | Vote | UN Tally | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A/RES/80/56 2025-12-01 | No | Yes: 170, No: 4, Abs: 5 | Modalities of the 2026 meeting on victim assistance and environmental remediation : r… |
For data nerds: weighted agreement M2 and Cohen's κ
Weighted agreement (metric M2 per METHOD.md) weights each vote by how contested it was: w = 1 − |yes − no| / voting. Lopsided votes have weights near zero (e.g. 170:3 has weight ~0.03), while close votes carry high weight (e.g. 90:80 has weight ~0.94). Cohen's κ (kappa) additionally corrects for chance agreement given each country's marginal vote distributions.
| Country | Weighted M2 | Cohen's κ | Contested % | All votes % | Opposite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Luxembourg
|
91.1% | 0.79 | 90.1% | 91.8% | 1× |
Montenegro
|
91.1% | 0.79 | 90.1% | 91.8% | 1× |
Croatia
|
91.2% | 0.78 | 88.7% | 91.3% | 1× |
Portugal
|
90.3% | 0.77 | 88.7% | 91.3% | 1× |
Slovenia
|
90.3% | 0.77 | 88.7% | 91.3% | 2× |
|
United Kingdom
|
92.4% | 0.84 | 88.7% | 93.5% | 0× |
|
Germany
|
88.0% | 0.74 | 84.5% | 89.6% | 1× |
|
Ukraine
|
88.2% | 0.70 | 83.1% | 87.8% | 3× |
|
Israel
|
57.5% | 0.10 | 50.7% | 32.1% | 55× |
|
United States
|
53.7% | 0.03 | 48.6% | 19.1% | 121× |
|
Russia
|
38.4% | 0.14 | 39.4% | 63.6% | 33× |
|
China
|
27.2% | 0.03 | 31.0% | 67.9% | 24× |
Nicaragua
|
21.5% | -0.10 | 25.0% | 62.7% | 35× |
Samoa
|
29.0% | -0.05 | 23.1% | 63.6% | 17× |
Cameroon
|
23.7% | -0.02 | 23.0% | 67.1% | 21× |
Nauru
|
21.2% | -0.24 | 21.6% | 32.0% | 24× |
Iran
|
21.0% | -0.11 | 20.9% | 61.6% | 29× |
Equatorial Guinea
|
20.7% | -0.02 | 20.8% | 68.2% | 26× |