List of vetos exercised by the US government in the UN Security Council
This is a list of the vetoes exercised by the US government in the United Nations Security Council, from earlier to current. The United States are from 1966 to 2011 the second state with more vetoes in the Security Council, with 82 of these, behind USSR with 121 vetoes between 1946 and 1989.[1]
The abuse of the veto in the Security Council is versed in Chapter 2 of the United Nations Charter and fits it.[2] According to the political scientist Phyllis Bennis, "The US is the reason why the UN is not able to play the role your letter requires, which is to stop the scourge of war" and "The United States vetoed and threaten to veto in the Council Security and meetings such as the General Assembly or the Human rights Council, where there is no veto, they threaten other countries."[3] Although the term "veto" does not appear in the UN charter,[2][4] according to historian Geoffrey Roberts, the vetoes system was a requirement of the Soviet Union and the United States, to avoid wars like World War II.[4][5] Smaller countries and religious groups, among which are worthy of note, Christians emphasized the need not to have a veto policy in the organization.[4] China, Russia and the United States made statements in 2016 that defended the right of veto in the Security Council.[6] The veto power of the United States also appears in two other international organizations, the World Trade Organization and the World Bank. [7][8]
Year | Resolution vetoed[9][10][11] | Number of times the resolution was repeated[9] | Score in the vote of the UN General Assembly, excluding abstentions | |
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1972 | Condemning Israel for the death of hundreds of people in Syria and Lebanon in air raids and the violation of the cease-fire of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.[12][13] | 13-1 | ||
1973 | Situation in South Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).[12] | 11-2 (US, UK) | ||
1973 | Panama Canal Question[12] | 13-1 | ||
1973 | Affirming the rights of the Palestinians and calling on Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories.[12][13] | | 13-1 | ||
1974 | South Africa (Representation in the UN).[12] | 10-3 (France, UK, US) | ||
1975 | Application for Membership (North and South Vietnam).[12] | |||
1975 | Namibia Question.[12] | 10-3 (France, UK, US) | ||
1976 | Condemning Israel for attacking Lebanese civilians.[13] | 6 | 14-1 (5x); 13-1 | |
1976 | Condemning Israel for building settlements in the occupied territories.[12][13] | 9-1 | ||
1976 | Calling for self-determination for the Palestinians.[13] | |||
1976 | Affirming the rights of the Palestinians.[12][13] | 10-1 | ||
1976 | Condemning the attempts by South Africa to impose apartheid in Namibia.[14] |
2[12] | 10-3 (France, UK, US) | |
1976 | For Vietnam's admission to the United Nations.[12][15][16] |
5 (since 1975) | 14-1; 13-1 | |
1977 | Condemning the situation of apartheid in South Africa.[14] |
3x[12] | 10-5 (France, US, UK) | |
1978 | Urging the permanent members (USA, USSR, UK, France, China) to implement the United Nations decisions in the maintenance of international peace and security. |
119–2 | ||
1978 | Criticizing the living conditions of the Palestinians.[13] | 110–2 | ||
1978 | Condemning the Israeli human rights record in the occupied territories.[13] |
97–3 | ||
1978 | Calling for the developed countries to increase the quantity and quality of development aid to underdeveloped countries. |
119–1 | ||
1979 | Calling for an end to all military and nuclear collaboration with the apartheid South Africa.[14] |
114–3 | ||
1979 | For strengthening the arms embargo against South Africa[14][17] . |
132–3 | ||
1979 | Offering assistance to all the oppressed peoples of South Africa and their liberation movement.[14] | 134–3 | ||
1979 | Negotiations for disarmament and the cessation of the nuclear arms race. | 120–3 | ||
1979 | Calling for the return of all inhabitants expelled by Israel.[13] | 121–3 | ||
1979 | Demanding that Israel desists from human rights violations.[13] | 112–2 | ||
1979 | Requesting a report on the living conditions of Palestinians in the occupied Arab countries.[13] | 120–2 | ||
1979 | Providing assistance to the Palestinian people.[13] | 112–3 | ||
1979 | Discussing sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Arab territories.[13] | 118–2 | ||
1979 | Asking protection for the money deposited by the governments of the Third World countries.[9] |
111–2 | ||
1979 | Calling for alternative approaches within the United Nations system to enhance the experiences of human rights and fundamental freedoms.[9] | 136–1 | ||
1979 | Opposing intervention in the internal or external affairs of states.[9] | 104–2 | ||
1979 | For a United Nations Conference on Women.[9] | 121–2 | ||
1979 | For the inclusion of Palestinian women in the United Nations Conference on Women.[9] |
122–2 | ||
1979 | To safeguard the rights of developing countries in multinational trade negotiations.[9] | 112–1 | ||
1980 | Urging Israel to return displaced persons.[9][13][18] | 96–3 | ||
1980 | Condemning the Israeli policy on the living conditions of the Palestinian people.[9][13] | 118–2 | ||
1980 | Condemning Israeli human rights practices in the occupied territories.[12][13] | 3 | 118–2, 119–2 and 117–2 | |
1980 | Affirming the right to self-determination for the Palestinians.[9][13] | 120–3 | ||
1980 | Offering assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement.[9][14] |
137–3 | ||
1980 | Attempting to establish a new international economic order to promote the growth of underdeveloped and international economic cooperation countries.[9] | 134–1 | ||
1980 | Approving the Programme of Action for the second half of the UN Decade for Women.[9] | 132–3 | ||
1980 | Declaration of the non-use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states.[9] | 110–2 | ||
1980 | Stressing that the development of nations and individuals is a human right.[9] | 120–1 | ||
1980 | Requesting the cessation of all nuclear test explosions.[9] | |||
1980 | Calling for the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.[9] | |||
1981 | Condemning the activities of foreign economic interests in colonial territories.[9] |
133–3 | ||
1981 | Calling for an end to all nuclear weapons tests explosions.[9] | 118–2 | ||
1981 | Calling for action to support the prevention of nuclear war measures, to contain the arms race and promote disarmament.[9] | 78–3 | ||
1981 | Urging negotiations on the prohibition of chemical and biological weapons.[9][19] | 109–1 | ||
1981 | Declaring that education, work, health,[20] adequate nutrition,[21] national development, etc. are human rights.[9] | 135–1 | ||
1981 | For changes in the United Nations accounting methods.[9] | 127–1 | ||
1981 | Condemning South Africa for its attacks on neighboring states, condemning apartheid and for attempting to strengthen sanctions[9][14] . |
7 | 145–1, 124–1, 136–1, 129–2, 126–2, 139–1, 138–1 | |
1981 | Condemning an attempted South Africa Coup d'état in the Seychelles[9][14] . |
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1981 | Demanding that Israel cease excavations in areas of East Jerusalem considered by the United Nations to be part of the occupied territories.[9][13] | 114–2 | ||
1981 | Condemning Israel for bombing Iraq's nuclear facilities.[9][13] | 108–2 | ||
1981 | Condemning the Israeli policy on the living conditions of the Palestinian people.[9][13] | 2 | 109–2, 111–2 | |
1981 | In favour of establishing a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East.[9][13] | 107–2 | ||
1981 | For establishing rights for the Palestinian people.[9][13] | 2 | 121–2, 119–3 | |
1981 | To clarify the status of Jerusalem.[9][13] | 139–2 | ||
1981 | To discuss the issue of Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip.[9][13] | 141–2 | ||
1981 | To grant the rights of displaced Palestinians to return home.[9][13] | 121–3 | ||
1981 | Regarding the revenues from the property of Palestinian refugees.[9][13] | 117–2 | ||
1981 | Creating the University of Jerusalem for Palestinian refugees.[9][13] | 119–2 | ||
1981 | Regarding Israeli human rights violations in the occupied territories.[9][13] | 111–2 | ||
1981 | Condemning the closure of Palestinian universities in the occupied territory.[9][13] | 114–2 | ||
1981 | Opposing the Israeli decision to build a canal linking the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.[9][13][22] | |||
1981 | Discussing sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories.[9][13] | |||
1981 | Affirming the non-applicability of Israeli law on the Golan Heights.[9][13] |
121–2 | ||
1981 | Question of Namibia.[9][12][13] |
4x | 12-3; 11-3; 9-3(2x) | |
1981 | Complaint by Angola against South Africa.[9][12][13] |
13-1 | ||
1982 | Condemning the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.[9][13] | 6 (1982–1983) | ||
1982 | Condemning the shooting of 11 Muslims at a shrine in Jerusalem by an Israeli soldier.[9][13] | |||
1982 | Calling on Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights occupied in 1967.[9][13] | |||
1982 | For the ratification of the convention on the suppression and punishment of apartheid.[9] | 124–1 | ||
1982 | To promote international action against apartheid.[9] | 141–1 | ||
1982 | To condemn apartheid in sport.[9][13] | 138–1 | ||
1982 | To seek the cessation of new foreign investments and loans to South Africa[9][14] . |
134–1 | ||
1982 | Calling for a world charter for the protection of ecology.[9] | 111–1 | ||
1982 | To set up a United Nations Conference on the Succession of States in respect of State property, archives and debts.[9] | 136–1 | ||
1982 | For a Nuclear Test Ban and negotiations for a nuclear-weapons free space.[9] | 3 | 111–1, 114–1, 138–1 | |
1982 | To supports a new world information and communication order.[9] | 131–1 | ||
1982 | For prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons.[9] | 95–1 | ||
1982 | For a better development of international law.[9] | 113-1 | ||
1982 | To prevent the exclusion of certain UN officials.[9] | 129–1 | ||
1982 | To protect against products harmful to health and the environment.[9] | 146–1 | ||
1982 | Declare that education, work, health, adequate nutrition, national development are human rights.[9] | 131–1 | ||
1982 | For the application of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States.[9] | 141–1 | ||
1982 | Concerning the adequacy of the Economic Commission for Africa facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[9] | 132–1 | ||
1982 | Development of energy resources in developing countries.[9] | 146–1 | ||
1982 | Restructuring international economic relations in order to establish a new international economic order.[9] | 124–1 | ||
1982 | Situation in Central America (Nicaragua).[9][12] | 12–1 | ||
1982 | Situation in the Middle East (Lebanon).[9][12] | 6 (1982-1983) | 14–1 (2x); 11-1 | |
1982 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Question.[9][12] | 14-2 (US, UK) | ||
1982 | Situation in the Middle East (Mayors of Nablus and Ramallah Dismissal).[9][12] | 13-1 | ||
1982 | Situation in Central America (Nicaragua).[9][12] | 12-1 | ||
1982 | Situation in the Middle East (Golan Heights).[9][12] | 9-1 | ||
1983 | Affirming the right of each state to choose its economic and social system in accordance with the will of its people, without outside interference, in whatever form it takes.[9] | 131–1 | ||
1983 | Invasion of the Republic of Grenada by US Troops.[9][12] | 11–1 | ||
1983 | Situation in the Middle East (Occupied Arab Territories).[9][12] | 13–1 | ||
1983 | Resolutions against apartheid in South Africa[9][14] . |
4 | 110–1, 149–1, 140–1, 145–1 | |
1983 | Prevention of an arms race in space.[9] | 147–1 | ||
1983 | Declare that education, work, health, adequate nutrition, national development are human rights.[9] | 132–1 | ||
1983 | Regarding international law.[9] | 110-1 | ||
1983 | Regarding the Decade of Transport and Communications in Africa.[9] | 137–1 | ||
1983 | Prohibition of the manufacturing of new weapons of mass destruction.[9] | 116–1 | ||
1983 | A review of the arms race of the Cold War.[9] | 133–1 | ||
1983 | For the prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons.[9] | 98–1 | ||
1983 | Seeking a study on the naval arms race.[9] | 113–1 | ||
1983 | Regarding disarmament and safety.[9] | 132–1 | ||
1983 | Strengthening the United Nations to respond to natural and other disaster.[9] | 126–1 | ||
1984 | Condemning South Africa over its Namibian and other policies.[9][14] . |
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1984 | Issues related to the Economic Commission for Western Asia.[9] | 123–2 | ||
1984 | International action to eliminate apartheid.[9] | 146–2 | ||
1984 | Condemning the Israeli occupation and attack of the south of Lebanon.[9][12][13] | 14-1 | ||
1984 | Cooperation between the United Nations and the Arab League.[9][13] | 134–2 | ||
1984 | Condemning the Israeli attack on Iraq's nuclear facilities.[9][13] | 106–2 | ||
1984 | On the elimination of racial discrimination.[9] | 145–1 | ||
1984 | Affirming the rights of the Palestinian people.[9][13] | 127–2 | ||
1984 | For convening a peace conference in the Middle East.[9][13] | 121–3 | ||
1984 | Prohibition of new types of weapons of mass destruction.[9] | 125–1 | ||
1984 | For the prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons.[9] | 84–1 | ||
1984 | With regards to the law of the sea.[9][23] | 138–2 | ||
1984 | With regards to the Israeli human rights violations in the occupied territories.[9] | 120–2 | ||
1984 | Condemning the assassination attempts against Palestinian mayors.[9][13] | 143–2 | ||
1984 | Condemning Israel for not putting its nuclear facilities under international safeguards.[9][13] | 94–2 | ||
1984 | On the prohibition of nuclear tests.[9] | 123–1 | ||
1984 | To study military research and development.[9] | 141–1 | ||
1984 | Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.[9] | 143–1 | ||
1984 | Offering economic assistance to the Palestinian people.[9][13] | 146–1 | ||
1984 | Support for industrial development by the UN.[9] | 118–2 | ||
1984 | Regarding the Industrial Development Decade for Africa.[9] | 120–1 | ||
1984 | Regarding the Industrial Development Decade for Africa.[9] | 120–1 | ||
1984 | Complaint of Nicaragua against USA.[9][12] | 13–1 | ||
1985 | Condemning the Israeli occupation of and attack on the south of Lebanon.[9][13] | |||
1985 | Complaint of Nicaragua against USA.[9][12] | 3 | 13-1; 11-1; 13-1 | |
1985 | Condemning Israel for using excessive force in the occupied territories.[9][12][13] | 10-1 | ||
1985 | South Africa Questions.[9][12][13] | 11-1 | ||
1985 | Situation in Namibia.[9][12][13] | 12-2 (US, UK) | ||
1985 | Resolutions on cooperation, human rights, trade and development.[9] | 3 | 134–1, 130–1, 133–1 | |
1985 | The measures to be taken against Nazi-Fascist and Neo-Fascist activities.[9][24] | 121–2 | ||
1986 | Inviting all governments (including the US) to observe international law.[9] | |||
1986 | Condemning Israel for its actions against Lebanese civilians.[9][12][13] | 11-1 | ||
1986 | Calling on Israel to respect Muslim holy places.[9][13] | |||
1986 | Condemning Israel for bringing down a Libyan airplane.[9][12][13] | 9-5 | ||
1986 | To set up a zone of peace and cooperation in the South Atlantic.[9] | 124–1 | ||
1986 | To eliminate the existing imbalances in the areas of access and information and media.[9][25] | 148–1 | ||
1986 | For strengthening international security.[9] | 126–1 | ||
1986 | Dialogue to improve the international situation.[9] | 117–1 | ||
1986 | For the establishment of a global system of peace and international security.[9] | 102–2 | ||
1986 | Declaration on the Right to Development.[9] | 146–1 | ||
1986 | Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers.[9] | 148–1 | ||
1986 | Protection against products harmful to health and the environment.[9] | 146–1 | ||
1986 | Complaint of Nicaragua against USA (ICJ Judgment).[9][12] | 2 | 11-1 | |
1986 | Complaint against South Africa.[9][12] | 2 | 12-2 | |
1987 | Calling on Israel to respect the Geneva Conventions in its treatment of the Palestinians.[9][13] | |||
1987 | Urging Israel to stop deporting Palestinians.[9][13] | 145–2 | ||
1987 | Condemning Israel for its actions in Lebanon.[9][13] | 2 | ||
1987 | Calling on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon.[9][13] | |||
1987 | Cooperation between the United Nations and the Arab League.[9][13] | 153–2 | ||
1987 | Called to fulfill the [ruling of the] International Court of Justice on the paramilitary and military activities against Nicaragua and a call to end the trade embargo against Nicaragua.[9] |
2[12] | 94–2, 94–2 | |
1987 | Measures to prevent international terrorism, study the underlying political and economic causes of terrorism, a conference to define terrorism and to differentiate it from the struggle of the national liberation struggles of the people.[9][26] | 153–2 | ||
1987 | Decisions on journalism, debt and international trade.[9] | 3 | 140–1, 154–1, 131–1 | |
1987 | Opposition to the accumulation of weapons in space.[9] | 154–1 | ||
1987 | Opposition to the development of new weapons of mass destruction.[9] | 135–1 | ||
1987 | Opposition to nuclear testing.[9] | 2 | 134-, 137–3 | |
1987 | Proposal to create the South Atlantic Peace Zone.[9] | 124–1 | ||
1987 | Namibia Question.[9][12] | 9–3 | ||
1987 | South Africa (Sanctions).[9][12] | 10–3 | ||
1988 | Condemning Israeli practices against Palestinians in the occupied territories.[9][12][13] | 5 (1988–1989) | 14-1 (4x); 13-1 | |
1988 | South Africa (Sanctions)[9][12] | 10-2 | ||
1989 | Condemning the US invasion of Panama.[9][27][28] | ?-? (At least France, United Kingdom and United States in the Security Council)[9][29][30] | ||
1989 | Condemning US troops ransacking the residence of the ambassador of Nicaragua in Panama.[9] | |||
1989 | Condemning the US for bringing down two Libyan aircraft.[9][12] | 9-4 (France, UK US, ?) | ||
1989 | Situation in the Occupied Arab Territories.[9][12] | 3 | 14-1 | |
1989 | Condemning the US support for the Contras in Nicaragua.[9] | |||
1989 | Condemning the illegal US embargo against Nicaragua.[9][12] | 10-4 (France, UK, US, ?) | ||
1989 | Opposing the acquisition of territory by force.[9] | 151–3 | ||
1989 | Calling for a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict based on previous UN resolutions.[9][13] | |||
1990 | To send three observers of the UN Security Council to the Arab occupied territories.[9][13] | 14-1[12] | ||
1990 | To send humanitarian aid to Iraq.[9][13][31] | |||
1990 | On the Violation of Diplomatic Immunities in Panama.[9][12] | 13-1 | ||
1992 | Supports the end of the embargo on Cuba.[9][32] | 59-2 (US and Israel) | ||
1993 | Supports the end of the embargo on Cuba.[9][32] | 88-4 (US, Israel, Albania and Paraguay) | ||
1994 | Supports the end of the embargo on Cuba.[9][32] | 104-2 (US and Israel) | ||
1994 | Condemns the genocide in Rwanda by the then governor of Zaire.[9][14][33] | |||
1995 | Supports the end of the embargo on Cuba.[9][32] | 117-3 (US, Uzbekistan and Israel) | ||
1995 | Stating that land in East Jerusalem, annexed by Israel is occupied territory.[9][13] | 14-1[12] | ||
1996 | Indication Boutros Boutros-Ghali to the position of Secretary General.[9][13][34][35] | |||
1996 | Supports the end of the embargo on Cuba.[9][32] | 138–3 (Uzbekistan, US and Israel) | ||
1997 | Supports the end of the embargo on Cuba.[9][36] | 2 | 143-3 (US, Israel and Uzbekistan) | |
1997 | Urging Israel to halt the construction of settlements in East Jerusalem and other occupied territories.[9][13] | 2 [12] | 130–2 | |
1998 | Supports the end of the embargo on Cuba.[9][32] | 157–2 (US and Israel)[9][36] | ||
1999 | Urging the United States to end the trade embargo against Cuba.[9][37] |
8 | 59–2, 88–4, 101–2, 117–3, 138–2, 143–2, 157–2, 155–2(United States and Israel)[32] | |
2000 | Supports the end of the embargo on Cuba.[9][32] | 167-3 (US, Marshall Islands and Israel) | ||
2001 | Supports the end of the embargo on Cuba.[9][32] | 167-3 (US, Marshall Islands and Israel) | ||
2001 | To send unarmed monitors to the West Bank and Gaza Strip.[9][13] | 9-1[12] | ||
2001 | Condemning Israel for acts of terror against civilians in the occupied territories.[9][13] | 12-1[12] | ||
2001 | To set up an International Criminal Court.[9] | |||
2002 | To renew the mission of peacekeeping in Bosnia.[9][12] | 13-1 | ||
2002 | Condemning the murder of a UK worker who worked for the United Nations by Israeli forces. Condemning the destruction of the warehouse of the World Food Program.[9][13] | 12-1[12] | ||
2002 | Supports the end of the embargo on Cuba.[9][32] | 2 | 173-3 (US, Marshall Islands and Israel) | |
2003 | Condemning the decision of the Israeli parliament to "eliminate" Palestinian President-elect Yasser Arafat.[9][13] |
11-1[12] | ||
2003 | Condemning the construction of a wall by Israel on Palestinian land.[9][13] |
10-1[12] | ||
2003 | To end 40 years of US embargo against Cuba.[9][36] | 179–3 (US, Israel and Marshall Islands) | ||
2004 | Condemning the assassination of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.[9][12][13] |
11-1 | ||
2004 | Condemning the Israeli incursion and assassinations in Gaza.[9][12][13] | 11-1 | ||
2004 | Production and processing of weapon-making material should be under international control.[9] | 2 | 147–1, 179–2 | |
2004 | Reject the Cuban embargo.[9][36] | 2 | 179-4 (Israel, US, Palau and Marshall Islands) | |
2005 | Supports the end of the embargo on Cuba.[9][36] | 182-4 (Marshall Islands, Palau, US and Israel) | ||
2006 | Calls for an end to raids and Israeli military attacks on Gaza.[9][13][38] | 2 | 10–1; 11-1;[12] 13–1 | |
2006 | Call for the end of the financial embargo against Cuba.[9][36][39] |
183–4 (Palau, Marshall Islands, Israel and US) | ||
2007 | Calling for the peaceful uses of outer space.[9] | 129–6 | ||
2007 | Calling for a convention against sexism.[9] |
3 | 143–1, 132–2, 154–1 | |
2007 | Regarding the rights of children.[9][40] | 183–1 | ||
2007 | Regarding the right to food.[9][9] | 186–1 | ||
2007 | On the applicability of the Geneva Convention for the protection of civilians in wartime.[9] | 169–6 | ||
2007 | Calling for global climate protection.[9] |
162–2 | ||
2007 | Requesting the establishment of a zone of peace in the Indian Ocean.[9][41] Calling for a zone free of nuclear weapons in Southeast Asia.[16] | 2 | 130–3, 174–1 | |
2007 | Calling for the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people. Other resolutions on the Palestinians and their rights.[9] | 15 | 176–5, 171–6, 170–6,93–8, 165–7, 156–7, 164–1, 176–2, 109–8, 110–8, 161–8, 161–7, 160–6, 111–6 | |
2007 | Call for end the Cuban embargo.[9][36] | 184-4 (US, Israel, Palau and Marshall Islands) | ||
2008 | Calling for progress towards a treaty on the arms trade.[9] | 3 | 129–1, 131–1, 130–1 | |
2008 | Prohibiting the development of new weapons of mass destruction.[9] | 175–1 | ||
2008 | To assure non-nuclear states that are not affected or threatened with nuclear weapons.[9] | 2 (2007–2008) | 121–1, 122–1 | |
2008 | Preventing the development of an arms race in outer space and transparency in the activities in outer space.[9] | 4 (2007–2008) | 179–1, 178–1, 177–1, 180–1 | |
2008 | Calling to decrease the operational readiness of nuclear weapons systems and the prohibition of nuclear weapons.[9] | 5 | 141–3,165–4, 166–5, 173–4, 130–3 | |
2008 | Calling to end the use of depleted uranium in weapons.[9] |
141–4 | ||
2008 | Regarding the illegal trade in small arms.[9] | 3 | 179–1, 176–1, 181–1 | |
2008 | Calling for an area free of nuclear weapons in Central Asia and the southern hemisphere in addition to the prevention of proliferation in the Middle East.[9] | 3 | 141–3, 171–3, 169–5 | |
2008 | Calling for a comprehensive ban on nuclear testing by a treaty. Calling for a world free of nuclear weapons.[9] |
2 (2007–2008) | 156–5, 175–1 | |
2008 | Appealing for a treaty on the rights of children.[9] | 159–1 | ||
2008 | Condemning racism.[9][42] |
159–1 | ||
2008 | Condemning racism.[9][42] | 109–13 | ||
2008 | Affirming the sovereignty of the Palestinians in the occupied territories and their resources.[9][13] | 173–5 | ||
2008 | Affirming the right of Palestinians to self-determination.[9][13] | 165–7 | ||
2008 | Urging Israel to pay the cost of cleaning up an oil slick on the coast of Lebanon caused by its bombing.[9][13] | 165–7 | ||
2008 | Call for a new economic order.[9][43] |
123–1 | ||
2008 | Appeal for the right to development for nations.[9] | 182–4 | ||
2008 | Support for the right to food.[9] | 184–1 | ||
2008 | Respect for the right for the universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification.[9] | 121–4 | ||
2008 | Concerning developments in information technology and its implications to international security.[9] |
2 (2007–2008) | 179–1, 175–1 | |
2008 | Resolutions on Palestine, its people, their property and Israeli practices in Palestine, including settlements.[9] |
11 | 173–1, 172–6, 172–6, 173–6, 94–8, 173–6, 171–6, 165–8, 179–2, 177–3, 177–3 | |
2008 | Calls for the end of the embargo on Cuba.[9][44] |
173–1, 172–6, 172–6, 173–6, 94–8, 173–6, 171–6, 165–8, 179–2, 177–3, 185-3 (US, Israel and Palau),[36] 177–3 | ||
2009 | Call for an end to the 22-day Israeli attack on Gaza.[9][13] | 142–4 | ||
2009 | Call for end to Cuban embargo.[9][36] | 187-3(US, Palau and Israel) | ||
2010 | Call for end to Cuban embargo.[9][36] | 187-2(US and Israel) | ||
2011 | Call for a stop to the Israeli settlements in the West Bank.[9][13] |
14–1 | ||
2011 | Call on Israel to cease obstructing the movement and access of personnel, vehicles and assets of the Agency of the United Nations Relief and Works for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).[9][13] |
163–7 | ||
2011 | To request the immediate and complete cessation of all Israeli settlement activities throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan.[9][13] | ?-7 | ||
2011 | Claim the end the Cuban embargo.[9][36] | 186-2 (US and Israel) | ||
2011 | It integrates the Palestinian Authority to the United Nations as an observer member.[9][13][45][46] | ?-? (US and Israel) | ||
2012 | Claim the end the Cuban embargo.[9][36] | 188-3 (US, Palau and Israel) | ||
2013 | Claim the end the Cuban embargo.[9][36] | 188-2 (US and Israel) | ||
2013 | Warning against global espionage carried out by the NSA.[9][13][47][48] | ?-7 | ||
2013 | Calls for the end of the Cuban embargo.[9][49] |
188-2 (Israel and US)[36] | ||
2014 | Call for the creation of an international humanitarian corridor in southeastern Ukraine.[9][50] |
?-3 | ||
2014 | Call for end the Cuban embargo.[9][36] |
188-2 (US and Israel) | ||
2014 | Calls for economic embargo on the parties that do not accept a ceasefire in the Syrian conflict.[9][13][51] |
?-2 | ||
2014 | Call for the criminalization of Nazism.[9][42][52][53] |
115–3 (Ukraine, Canada, Palau and United States[9][54]) | ||
2015 | Proposal to transform the Middle East into a zone free of nuclear weapons.[9][13][55][56][57][58] |
?-3 (Canada, United Kingdom and United States).[59] | ||
2015 | Proposal to add sanctions against the ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) as a separate branch of Al Qaeda.[9][60] |
1 (in 2013) | ?-1 | |
2015 | Proposal for an alliance of all Middle Eastern governments and the Security Council for peace in the region.[9][13][61] |
117–1 | ||
2015 | Condemns Israel for its massive violations of international law in Gaza and the West Bank.[9][13][62] |
?-? | ||
2016 | Proposal for permanent military nonintervention aimed at the fall of the Syrian government.[9][13][63] | ?-7 | ||
2016 | Proposal to establish a joint peacekeeping force to protect cultural heritage from the threat of terrorism.[9][64] | ?-2 | ||
2016 | Proposal to include the Syrian Kurds in peace negotiations.[9][13][65] | ?-3 | ||
2016 | Proposal to include in the list of terrorist groups internationally despised in cooperation with Al Qaeda the Ahrar al-Sham and Jaysh al-Islam.[9][13][66] | ?-? | ||
2016 | Condemns North American bombing in Syria.[9][13][67][68] | ?-2 (US and UK) | ||
2016 | Condemns the terrorist attack on the Russian embassy in Damascus.[9][13][67] | ?-3 (US, Ukraine and UK) | ||
2016 | Condemns Nusra and proposes a ceasefire between the moderate forces and the government in Aleppo.[9][13][69] | ?-3 (US, France and UK) |
See also
- United Nations Security Council veto power
- United Nations General Assembly observers
- United Nations General Assembly
- List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1 to 100
- United Nations Security Council election, 2012
- Cold War II
- Israel and the apartheid analogy
- List of vetoed United Nations Security Council resolutions
- Allegations of CIA assistance to Osama bin Laden
- American exceptionalism
- List of wars involving the United States
References
- ↑ Changing Patterns in the Use of the Veto in the Security Council
- 1 2 UN Charter (full text)
- ↑ US Stands Alone in Vote Against UN Inquiry Into Gaza Assault
- 1 2 3 The US Is Still Manipulating the UN After 70 Years
- ↑ Roosevelt eager to open 2nd front, but Churchill resisted, fearing defeat – WWII historian
- ↑ Tres países dicen no a la restricción del derecho a veto en la ONU
- ↑ Domination of the United States on the World Bank
- ↑ US Accused of Undermining the World Trade Organization
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- ↑ A Quick Listing of The United States' Record of Veto Use at the United Nations (UN): 1972–2011
- ↑ U.N. Security Council: U.S. Vetoes of Resolutions Critical to Israel
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 Subjects of UN Security Council Vetoes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 Preceded by: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1583, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559, United Nations Security Council Resolution 497, United Nations Security Council Resolution 452, United Nations Security Council Resolution 446, United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, United Nations Security Council Resolution 350, United Nations Security Council Resolution 339, United Nations Security Council Resolution 338, United Nations Security Council Resolution 242, United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194, United Nations Security Council Resolution 478, United Nations Security Council Resolution 42, United Nations Security Council Resolution 43, United Nations Security Council Resolution 44, United Nations Security Council Resolution 46, United Nations Security Council Resolution 48, United Nations Security Council Resolution 49, United Nations Security Council Resolution 50, United Nations Security Council Resolution 53, United Nations Security Council Resolution 54, United Nations Security Council Resolution 56, United Nations Security Council Resolution 57, United Nations Security Council Resolution 59, United Nations Security Council Resolution 60, United Nations Security Council Resolution 61, United Nations Security Council Resolution 62, United Nations Security Council Resolution 66, United Nations Security Council Resolution 69, United Nations Security Council Resolution 72, United Nations Security Council Resolution 73, United Nations Security Council Resolution 89, United Nations Security Council Resolution 92, United Nations Security Council Resolution 93, United Nations Security Council Resolution 95, United Nations Security Council Resolution 100, United Nations Security Council Resolution 101, United Nations Security Council Resolution 106, United Nations Security Council Resolution 107, United Nations Security Council Resolution 108, United Nations Security Council Resolution 111, United Nations Security Council Resolution 113, United Nations Security Council Resolution 114, United Nations Security Council Resolution 127, United Nations Security Council Resolution 138, United Nations Security Council Resolution 162 and United Nations Security Council Resolution 171. Later in 2014, tried to vote on a resolution at the UN to ask the end of the Israeli occupation in Palestine, but because of the Nigerian vote (By American pressure), the resolution was not for the Security Council, see: US and Israeli intervention led UN to reject Palestinian resolution The issue of vetoing UN sanctions on Israel is a key issue in US elections, see this, this and this The US government does not veto some resolutions to divide the oppositions involved in the General Assembly, see more here and here. The United States also vetoes all resolutions that punish illegal occupations of Israeli settlers, to learn more see here and in all, the United States has vetoed 43 resolutions on Palestine, to find out more here and here. President Obama has vetoed a congressional bill allowing US allies to be sued as Saudi Arabia because of support for terrorism, to learn more here. Altogether there are 140 resolutions on Palestine that have already been voted on in the General Assembly, to know more see: here
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Preceded by: United Nations Security Council Resolution 626, United Nations Security Council Resolution 628, United Nations Security Council Resolution 134, United Nations Security Council Resolution 181, United Nations Security Council Resolution 182, United Nations Security Council Resolution 282, United Nations Security Council Resolution 418, United Nations Security Council Resolution 435, United Nations Security Council Resolution 591, United Nations Security Council Resolution 190 and United Nations Security Council Resolution 191 Before the wave of vetoes, the governments of South Africa and the United States ran a segregation of its black population, as can be read here
- ↑ The US governments, Chinese and Breton sought a recognition of Khmer Rouge as a representative of those people instead of Vietnam and allies (including USSR), see: How Thatcher gave Pol Pot a hand
- 1 2 Preceded by: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1236, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1246, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1257, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1262, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1264, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1272, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1319, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1338, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1392, United Nations Security Council Resolution 413, United Nations Security Council Resolution 728, United Nations Security Council Resolution 745, United Nations Security Council Resolution 766, United Nations Security Council Resolution 783, United Nations Security Council Resolution 792, United Nations Security Council Resolution 810, United Nations Security Council Resolution 826, United Nations Security Council Resolution 835, United Nations Security Council Resolution 840, United Nations Security Council Resolution 860, United Nations Security Council Resolution 880, United Nations Security Council Resolution 109, United Nations Security Council Resolution 668, United Nations Security Council Resolution 718, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1410, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1438, United Nations Security Council Resolution 384, United Nations Security Council Resolution 389, United Nations Security Council Resolution 717, United Nations Security Council Resolution 30, United Nations Security Council Resolution 27, United Nations Security Council Resolution 31, United Nations Security Council Resolution 32, United Nations Security Council Resolution 35, United Nations Security Council Resolution 36, United Nations Security Council Resolution 40, United Nations Security Council Resolution 41, United Nations Security Council Resolution 55, United Nations Security Council Resolution 63, United Nations Security Council Resolution 64, United Nations Security Council Resolution 65, United Nations Security Council Resolution 67, United Nations Security Council Resolution 76, United Nations Security Council Resolution 86, United Nations Security Council Resolution 132 and United Nations Security Council Resolution 189
- ↑ Russia proposed in 2015 an arms embargo on all sides of the Yemeni conflict, a proposal rejected by the Arab League led by Saudi Arabia that have called for a reformulation of the terms of the sanctions clause only included the Houthis and was approved generating one abstention Russian Security Council, see: UN sanctions Houthis in Yemen, ignores Russian calls for all-inclusive arms embargo
- ↑ The Saudi king threatened to remove the US embassy if he vetoed the resolution, to learn more see here and here.
- ↑ To learn more, see: Biological Weapons Convention and Chemical Weapons Convention
- ↑ It is in the United States region where it has the highest maternal mortality in the industrial world, see: Recent Increases in the U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate: Disentangling Trends From Measurement Issues.
- ↑ The United States is the only country in the developed world that most of the water is fluoridated, see: The extent of water fluoridation
- ↑ Later an international treaty was proposed that countries wanted to stick to it. Israel and the United States did not sign, see: U.S. Stands Alone: Not Signing U.N. Child Rights Treaty Leaves Migrant Children Vulnerable
- ↑ All treaties that the United States signed in that regard to maritime law and airspace predated the creation of the UN, see: NAVAL AND AIRWARFARE here The US government is being increasingly questioned by the UN because of the way it is committed to enforcing agreements, see this.
- ↑ To learn more, see: US support for the Nazism.
- ↑ Before the wave of vetoes, UNESCO was strongly influenced by ideas eugenic - Darwinists of its founder Julian Huxley whose family was very close for Charles Darwin , see: UNESCO ITS PURPOSE AND ITS PHILOSOPHY. For the study of eugenics and the American evolutionism, see: Intelligent design. One year before a proposal to the General Assembly that the UNESCO would lead this process, but with the massive criticism made by Francophone and Anglophone media and the end of their funding from the United States and United Kingdom, the proposal had to be postponed and modified, see: William Preston, Jr., Edward S. Herman, and Herbert I. Schiller, Hope and Folly: the United States and UNESCO, 1945-1985 (New York: Institute for Media Analysis, 1989) , p. 297, pp. 203-81. See also: here
- ↑ The relationship of the United States with this issue is controversial. North Korea proposed the General Assembly sanctions against torture and illegal deportation made by the United States through the CIA to support dictatorships around the world, see: North Korea wants U.N. Security Council to discuss CIA torture
- ↑ America’s Real Foreign Policy: Global Corporatization by Force
- ↑ UN Security Council
- ↑ West Leads in Wielding Veto Powers at Security Council
- ↑ Above The Law: The Invasion Of Panama & The World’s Lone Superpower
- ↑ The oil-for-food 'scandal' is a cynical smokescreen
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Os efeitos do “embargo” dos EUA contra Cuba e as razões para a necessidade urgente de levantá-lo
- ↑ The Hidden Veto
- ↑ Who is Kofi Annan? The United Nations "Peacekeeper" Handpicked by the CIA
- ↑ Richard Clarke, Against All Enemies, 2004
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Cresce pressão mundial para que EUA ponha fim a bloqueio contra Cuba
- ↑ Preceded by: United Nations Security Council Resolution 144, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1067, United Nations Security Council Resolution 626, United Nations Security Council Resolution 628, United Nations Security Council Resolution 628
- ↑ No Arab, Palestinian Cheers for U.S. Democrats
- ↑ Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba., Assembleia Geral, Nações Unidas, A/62/L.1, 15 de outubro de 2007
- ↑ United Nations Treaty Collection. Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved 2 October 2015. The non-UN member states of the Cook Islands, Niue, the State of Palestine, and the Holy See are also parties to the convention.
- ↑ Preceded by: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1172, United Nations Security Council Resolution 622, United Nations Security Council Resolution 38, United Nations Security Council Resolution 39, United Nations Security Council Resolution 47, United Nations Security Council Resolution 51, United Nations Security Council Resolution 98, United Nations Security Council Resolution 91, United Nations Security Council Resolution 96, United Nations Security Council Resolution 647, United Nations Security Council Resolution 122, United Nations Security Council Resolution 123, United Nations Security Council Resolution 39, United Nations Security Council Resolution 209, United Nations Security Council Resolution 210, United Nations Security Council Resolution 211, United Nations Security Council Resolution 214, United Nations Security Council Resolution 215, United Nations Security Council Resolution 303, United Nations Security Council Resolution 307, United Nations Security Council Resolution 80, and United Nations Security Council Resolution 126
- 1 2 3 Preceded by: United Nations Security Council Resolution 21, United Nations Security Council Resolution 4, United Nations Security Council Resolution 7 and United Nations Security Council Resolution 10
- ↑ The United States is the country most unequal of developed world, see: The U.S. Has The Worst Income Inequality In The Developed World, Thanks To Wall Street: Study. The United States is the largest disseminator of neoliberalism today. To learn more, see: Chicago school of economics
- ↑ Assembleia Geral da ONU volta a pedir fim do embargo americano a Cuba
- ↑ How to Save the United States and Israel From Themselves
- ↑ U.S. Weighs Syrian Intervention, Despite the Consequences
- ↑ "Assembleia Geral da ONU aprova projeto de Brasil e Alemanha contra espionagem".
- ↑ The efficiency of the questioned National Security Agency is zero, as shown here
- ↑ ONU aprova pelo 22º ano consecutivo resolução que pede fim do embargo a Cuba, September 28, 2014
- ↑ La Cruz Roja apoya la propuesta rusa de enviar ayuda humanitaria a Ucrania vetada por EE.UU. Telesur, September 28, 2014
- ↑ Lavrov: "EE.UU. no puede actuar siempre como fiscal, juez y ejecutor de las condenas" Telesur, September 28, 2014
- ↑ US, Canada Vote with Ukraine against UN Anti-Nazi Resolution Telesur, November 23 de 2014
- ↑ US, Canada & Ukraine vote against Russia's anti-Nazism resolution at UN Russia Today, November 22, 2014
- ↑ The former countries of Axis abstained in the vote by economic pressure from the United States and because of the movement antifascist site, see: Report on combatting glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that ... forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
- ↑ The United States’ Knee-Jerk Support for Israeli Nukes Torpedoed U.N. Disarmament Talks
- ↑ EE.UU. bloquea la propuesta en la ONU para declarar Oriente Medio zona libre de armas nucleares Russia Today, May 24, 2015
- ↑ The government of Brazil and Turkey proposed in FGeral Assembly and 2000 disarm Iran and cease the sanctions, which did not pass, see: Brazil and Turkey urge UN Security Council against Iran sanctions.From 1980 that Egypt was trying to make this annual resolution passed by the General Assembly, with the support of IAEA from 1991, see: WMD-Free Middle East Proposal at a Glance
- ↑ The Syrian government has proposed to the UN General Assembly a similar resolution to that which deals with chemical weapons, but by veto threat from the US government, this order was canceled, see: The U.S. and Chemical Weapons: No Leg to Stand On Later Syria will deliver its chemical weapons in 2013, see: Eaves, Elisabeth. "Ahmet Uzumcu: Getting Rid of Chemical Weapons in Syria and Beyond". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. SAGE. Retrieved October 14, 2014. Currently only Israel, Egypt, North Korea and South Sudan has not signed the treaty, see:"Non-Member States". Opcw.org. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
- ↑ NPT NEWS IN REVIEW
- ↑ EE.UU. bloquea la propuesta de Rusia de sancionar al Estado Islámico de manera independiente
- ↑ EE.UU. bloquea declaración en el Consejo de Seguridad sobre solución de conflictos
- ↑ If It’s Going to Push Us to War, Is It Time for AIPAC to Register as a Foreign Agent?
- ↑ 'Potential dead end' – senator warns of consequences of UN SC's refusal to pass Syria resolution
- ↑ El veto del proyecto ruso en la ONU deja perplejo a Moscú sobre los verdaderos planes de Occidente
- ↑ Western states block Kurdish participation in Syria peace talks proposed by Russia
- ↑ Syrian villagers describe massacre by militant group spared from UN terror blacklist (EXCLUSIVE)
- 1 2 ‘Western media part of political elite, will never report Syrian massacre by US-led forces'
- ↑ The issue of collateral damage is always raised for a vote of the General Assembly, see here
- ↑ El Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU vota una resolución sobre el alto el fuego en Alepo