France and the United Nations - Wikipedia France and the United Nations French Republic United Nations membership Membership Full member Since 1945 ( 1945 ) ( as Provisional Republic ) 1946 ( as Fourth Republic ) 1958 ( as Fifth Republic ) UNSC seat Permanent Ambassador François Delattre France This article is part of a series on the politics and government of France Republic Fifth Republic Constitution Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen Executive President ( list ) Emmanuel Macron Prime Minister ( list ) Édouard Philippe Government Philippe II Legislature National Assembly President : François de Rugy Senate President : Gérard Larcher Congress of the French Parliament Judiciary Constitutional Council Council of State Court of Cassation Court of Audit Cour de Justice de la République Administrative divisions Regions Departments Elections Presidential Legislative Municipal Political parties Foreign relations Africa Americas Asia France and the United Nations Foreign alliances Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Related topics Human rights Political scandals France portal Other countries Atlas The French Republic is a charter member of the United Nations and one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council. The nation originally joined the UN as the Provisional Government of the French Republic ( PGFR ) before being succeeded by the French Fourth Republic in 1946, however, after a series of crises, the French Fourth Republic collapsed. A constitutional referendum was held on 28 September 1958 ; 82.6 % voted for constitution for the French Fifth Republic. The French Fifth Republic succeeded the seat of the former Fourth Republic, including its permanent membership on the Security Council in the United Nations. Contents 1 Veto power in the UN Security Council 2 Miscellaneous 3 See also 4 References Veto power in the UN Security Council France has used its veto power sparingly, vetoing 18 resolutions from 1949 to 2007, compared with 82 by the United States and 123 by the Soviet Union and Russia, 32 by Britain, and 6 by China. France used its veto power along with the United Kingdom, to veto a resolution to resolve the Suez Crisis in 1956. France also used a veto in 1976 on the question of the Comoros independence, when the island of Mayotte was kept in French territory due to the vote of the local population. In 2002, France threatened to veto Resolution 1441 on the then upcoming 2003 Iraq war. List of all French vetoes June 26, 1946 : Spanish Question August 25, 1947 : Indonesian Question October 30, 1956 ( twice ) : Palestinian Question : Steps for the Immediate Cessation of the Military Action of Israel in Egypt October 30, 1974 : South Africa ( Representation in the UN ) June 6, 1975 : Namibia Question February 6, 1976 : Dispute between the Comoros and France on Mayotte October 19, 1976 : Situation in Namibia October 31, 1977 ( three times ) : Situation in South Africa April 30, 1981 ( four times ) : Question of Namibia April 21, 1986 : Libyan Complaint against US Attack January 11, 1989 : Complaint by Libya against US Downing of Aircraft December 23, 1989 : Situation in Panama Miscellaneous French is one of the two working languages of the UN Secretariat, the other being English. France contributes 4.86 % of the regular UN 2014 / 15 budget. See also Claude de Kemoularia European Union and the United Nations Gérard Araud François Delattre References Jump up ^ Global Policy Forum ( 2008 ) : `` Changing Patterns in the Use of the Veto in the Security Council ''. Retrieved 30 December 2008. Jump up ^ `` Subjects of UN Security Council Vetoes ''. globalpolicy.org. Archived from the original on 2008 - 03 - 17. Retrieved 2006 - 11 - 13. Jump up ^ Compendium - Occupational Groups Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. 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Question: when did france become a member of the un
Answer: 1945