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.
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2024-03-22
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2023/792
2023-10-25
Middle East, including Palestinian question
S/2021/990
2021-12-13
Maintenance of international peace and security
S/15966/Rev.1
1983-09-12
1983 Letters from various Member States (South Korean airliner)
S/13729
1980-01-09
1980 Letter from various Member States (Afghanistan)
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/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/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)