Security Council vetoes
272 vetoes cast by permanent members since 1946. A veto is a negative vote by China, France, Russia (the USSR before 1991), the United Kingdom, or the United States that prevents an otherwise-supported draft resolution from being adopted.
S/2025/583
2025-09-18
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2025/353
2025-06-04
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2024/835
2024-11-20
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2024/239
2024-03-22
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2024/173
2024-02-20
Middle East, including Palestinian question
Oral amendment
2023-12-22
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2023/970
2023-12-08
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2023/792
2023-10-25
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2023/773
2023-10-18
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2021/990
2021-12-13
Maintenance of international peace and security
S/2020/852
2020-08-31
Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts
S/2018/516
2018-06-01
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2017/1060
2017-12-18
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2011/24
2011-02-18
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2006/878
2006-11-11
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2006/508
2006-07-13
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2004/783
2004-10-05
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2004/240
2004-03-25
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2003/980
2003-10-14
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2003/891
2003-09-16
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2002/1385
2002-12-20
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2001/1199
2001-12-14
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2001/270
2001-03-27
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/20378
1989-01-11
1989 Letters from Libya and Bahrain (Libya)
S/18163
1986-06-18
Complaint by Angola against South Africa
S/18016/Rev. 1
1986-04-21
1986 Letters from various Member States (Libya)
S/15966/Rev.1
1983-09-12
1983 Letters from various Member States (South Korean airliner)
S/15255/Rev.2 in prov. form orally modified
1982-06-26
Middle East (Lebanon)
S/15156/Rev. 2
1982-06-04
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
S/14664/Rev.2
1981-08-31
Complaint by Angola against South Africa
S/13911
1980-04-30
Exercise by Palestinian people of inalienable rights
S/13729
1980-01-09
1980 Letter from various Member States (Afghanistan)
S/12119
1976-06-29
Exercise by Palestinian people of inalienable rights
S/11940
1976-01-26
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/11543
1974-10-30
United Nations and South Africa
S/10931/Rev.1
1973-03-21
Maintenance and strengthening of international peace and security in Latin America (Panama)
S/10446/Rev. 1
1971-12-13
1971 Letter from US (India/Pakistan subcontinent)
S/10423
1971-12-05
1971 Letter from various Member States (India/Pakistan subcontinent)
S/10416
1971-12-04
1971 Letter from various Member States (India/Pakistan subcontinent)
S/9696 and Corr. 1 & 2
1970-03-17
Southern Rhodesia
S/8761
1968-08-22
1968 Letter from various Member States (Czechoslovakia)
S/6113 as amended (5 amendments submitted by Morocco voted upon para by para.
1964-12-21
Palestine question
S/5425/Rev. 1
1963-09-13
1963 Letters from African countries (Southern Rhodesia)
S/3713/Rev. 1, as amended
1956-10-30
1956 Letter from US (Suez Canal)
S/3710 as modified by the insertion of a new paragraph 1
1956-10-30
1956 Letter from US (Suez Canal)
S/2688
1952-07-09
Request for investigation of alleged bacterial warfare by UN in Korea
S/2671
1952-07-03
Request for investigation of alleged bacterial warfare by UN in Korea
S/1894, (second part of draft resolution)
1950-11-30
Complaint of aggression on Republic of Korea
S/1894, (first three preambular paras. of draft resolution)
1950-11-30
Complaint of aggression on Republic of Korea
S/1752, 501st mtg., pp. 4-5
1950-09-12
Complaint of bombing of China
S/1408/Rev. 1
1949-10-18
Regulation and reduction of armaments and armed forces
S/1399/Rev. 1
1949-10-18
Regulation and reduction of armaments and armed forces
S/1398
1949-10-11
Regulation and reduction of armaments and armed forces
S/1048
1948-10-25
1948 Notifications from France, US and UK (Berlin question)
S/486, 180th meeting, footnote, pp. 1910-1911
1947-08-19
Greek frontier incidents
S/471 and add. 1 , 177th meeting, p. 1808 and S/PV.188, pp. 2093-2094
1947-08-19
Greek frontier incidents
120th meeting, p. 567, as amended (S/PV.122, pp. 608-609)
1947-03-25
Corfu Channel
70 meeting, p. 396.
1946-09-20
1946 Telegram from Ukrainian SSR (Greece)
S/PV.23, p. 355
1946-02-16
1946 Letter from Lebanon and Syria (Lebanon)