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.
Clear filterS/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/15156/Rev. 2
1982-06-04
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
S/11543
1974-10-30
United Nations and South Africa
S/9696 and Corr. 1 & 2
1970-03-17
Southern Rhodesia
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)