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France has been a member of the United Nations (UN) since its foundation in 1945 [1] and is one of the five countries, alongside China, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, that holds a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), [2] which is responsible for maintaining international peace and security.
The Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations is led by Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière, [1] Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations and former Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. He presented his credentials to António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, on 8 July 2019.
France: 582 531 51 8.51 29 Sri Lanka: 560 527 33 25.41 30 South Korea: 540 505 35 10.53 31 Ireland: 495 469 26 93.72 32 Kenya: 449 377 72 8.71 33 Jordan: 354 295 59 30.74 34 Fiji: 338 296 42 378.30 35 Argentina: 306 259 47 6.56 36 Thailand: 291 269 22 4.40 37 Nigeria: 276 195 81 1.23 38 Vietnam: 272 236 36 2.71 39 Serbia: 271 235 36 40.81 40 ...
Peacekeeping by the United Nations is a role of the UN's Department of ... The department will then seek contributions from member nations. ... France, and Israel ...
The role of the ambassador and permanent representative of France to the United Nations (French: ambassadeur et représentant permanent de la France auprès des Nations Unies) is as the leader of the French delegation to the United Nations in New York and as head of the Permanent Mission of France to the UN.
The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (also known as the Permanent Five, Big Five, or P5) are the five sovereign states to whom the UN Charter of 1945 grants a permanent seat on the UN Security Council: China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States.
Since 1945, France has been a founding member of the United Nations, of NATO, and of the European Coal and Steel Community (the European Union's predecessor). As a charter member of the United Nations, France holds one of the permanent seats in the Security Council and is a member of most of its specialized and related agencies.
Luxembourg made the largest contribution as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) at 1.05% and the United Nations’ ODA target of 0.7% of GNI was also exceeded by Norway (1.02%), Sweden (0.99%) and Denmark (0.71%). [1] The European Union accumulated a higher portion of GDP as a form of foreign aid than any other economic union. [2]