France has been a member of the United Nations since its foundation in 1945 and is one of the five countries, alongside China, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, that holds a permanent
COP21 in Paris - French Foreign Minister, UN Secretary-General Ban, and French President Hollande raise their hands Amafter representatives of 196 countries approved a sweeping environmental agreement.
The European Union has permanent observer status at the United Nations since 1974, and gained enhanced participation rights in 2011. The EU itself does not have voting rights but it is represented alo
France and the United Nations
…France and the League of Nations European Union and the United Nations Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations…
UN Secretary General António Guterres speaks to the European Parliament in 2021.