{"id":17270,"date":"2012-02-13T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=17270"},"modified":"2012-02-12T16:40:27","modified_gmt":"2012-02-12T16:40:27","slug":"united-states-record-of-vetoes-at-the-un-security-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2012\/02\/united-states-record-of-vetoes-at-the-un-security-council\/","title":{"rendered":"United States’ Record of Vetoes at the UN Security Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

US Says Russia\/China UN Veto “Disgusting”, “Shameful”, “Deplorable”, “a Travesty” . . . Really?”<\/em>
\n<\/em>
\nA Quick Listing of The United States’ Record of Veto Use at the United Nations – 1972\u20132011*<\/p>\n

Year\u00a0 – \u00a0Resolution Vetoed by the United States<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

1972 Condemns Israel for killing hundreds of people in Syria and Lebanon in air raids.<\/p>\n

1973 Affirms the rights of the Palestinians and calls on Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories.<\/p>\n

1976 Condemns Israel for attacking Lebanese civilians.<\/p>\n

1976 Condemns Israel for building settlements in the occupied territories.<\/p>\n

1976 Calls for self determination for the Palestinians.<\/p>\n

1976 Affirms the rights of the Palestinians.<\/p>\n

1978 Urges the permanent members (USA, USSR, UK, France, China) to insure UN decisions on the maintenance of international peace and security.<\/p>\n

1978 Criticises the living conditions of the Palestinians.<\/p>\n

1978 Condemns the Israeli human rights record in occupied territories.<\/p>\n

1978 Calls for developed countries to increase the quantity and quality of development assistance to underdeveloped countries.<\/p>\n

1979 Calls for an end to all military and nuclear collaboration with the apartheid South Africa.<\/p>\n

1979 Strengthens the arms embargo against South Africa.<\/p>\n

1979 Offers assistance to all the oppressed people of South Africa and their liberation movement.<\/p>\n

1979 Concerns negotiations on disarmament and cessation of the nuclear arms race.<\/p>\n

1979 Calls for the return of all inhabitants expelled by Israel.<\/p>\n

1979 Demands that Israel desist from human rights violations.<\/p>\n

1979 Requests a report on the living conditions of Palestinians in occupied Arab countries.<\/p>\n

1979 Offers assistance to the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n

1979 Discusses sovereignty over national resources in occupied Arab territories.<\/p>\n

1979 Calls for protection of developing counties’ exports.<\/p>\n

1979 Calls for alternative approaches within the United Nations system for improving the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.<\/p>\n

1979 Opposes support for intervention in the internal or external affairs ofstates.<\/p>\n

1979 For a UN Conference on Women.<\/p>\n

1979 To include Palestinian women in the UN Conference on Women.<\/p>\n

1979 Safeguards rights of developing countries in multinational trade negotiations.<\/p>\n

1980 Requests Israel to return displaced persons.<\/p>\n

1980 Condemns Israeli policy regarding the living conditions of the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n

1980 Condemns Israeli human rights practices in occupied territories: 3 resolutions.<\/p>\n

1980 Affirms the right of self determination for the Palestinians.<\/p>\n

1980 Offers assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement.<\/p>\n

1980 Attempts to establish a New International Economic Order to promote the growth of underdeveloped countries and international economic co-operation.<\/p>\n

1980 Endorses the Program of Action for Second Half of UN Decade for Women.<\/p>\n

1980 Declaration of non-use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states.<\/p>\n

1980 Emphasises that the development of nations and individuals is a human right.<\/p>\n

1980 Calls for the cessation of all nuclear test explosions.<\/p>\n

1980 Calls for the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.<\/p>\n

1981 Promotes co-operative movements in developing countries.<\/p>\n

1981 Affirms the right of every state to choose its economic and social system in accord with the will of its people, without outside interference in whatever form it takes.<\/p>\n

1981 Condemns activities of foreign economic interests in colonial territories.<\/p>\n

1981 Calls for the cessation of all test explosions of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

1981 Calls for action in support of measures to prevent nuclear war, curb the arms race and promote disarmament.<\/p>\n

1981 Urges negotiations on prohibition of chemical and biological weapons.<\/p>\n

1981 Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development, etc are human rights.<\/p>\n

1981 Condemns South Africa for attacks on neighbouring states, condemns apartheid and attempts to strengthen sanctions: 7 resolutions.<\/p>\n

1981 Condemns an attempted coup by South Africa on the Seychelles.<\/p>\n

1981 Condemns Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians, human rights policies, and the bombing of Iraq:<\/p>\n

18 resolutions.<\/p>\n

1982 Condemns the Israeli invasion of Lebanon:<\/p>\n

6 resolutions (1982 to 1983).<\/p>\n

1982 Condemns the shooting of 11 Muslims at a shrine in Jerusalem by an Israeli soldier.<\/p>\n

1982 Calls on Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights occupied in 1967.<\/p>\n

1982 Condemns apartheid and calls for the cessation of economic aid to South Africa: 4 resolutions.<\/p>\n

1982 Calls for the setting up of a World Charter for the protection of the ecology.<\/p>\n

1982 Sets up a United Nations conference on succession of states in respect to state property, archives, and debts.<\/p>\n

1982 Nuclear test bans and negotiations and nuclear free outer space: 3 resolutions.<\/p>\n

1982 Supports a new world information and communications order.<\/p>\n

1982 Prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons.<\/p>\n

1982 Development of international law.<\/p>\n

1982 Protects against products harmful to health and the environment .<\/p>\n

1982 Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, and national development are human rights.<\/p>\n

1982 Protects against products harmful to health and the environment.<\/p>\n

1982 Development of the energy resources of developing countries.<\/p>\n

1983 Resolutions about apartheid, nuclear arms, economics, and international law: 15 resolutions.<\/p>\n

1984 Condemns support of South Africa in its Namibian and other policies.<\/p>\n

1984 International action to eliminate apartheid.<\/p>\n

1984 Condemns Israel for occupying and attacking southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n

1984 Resolutions about apartheid, nuclear arms, economics, and international law. 18 resolutions.<\/p>\n

1985 Condemns Israel for occupying and attacking southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n

1985 Condemns Israel for using excessive force in the occupied territories.<\/p>\n

1985 Resolutions about cooperation, human rights, trade and development. 3 resolutions.<\/p>\n

1985 Measures to be taken against Nazi, Fascist, and neo-Fascist activities .<\/p>\n

1986 Calls on all governments (including the United States) to observe international law.<\/p>\n

1986 Imposes economic and military sanctions against South Africa.<\/p>\n

1986 Condemns Israel for its actions against Lebanese civilians.<\/p>\n

1986 Calls on Israel to respect Muslim holy places.<\/p>\n

1986 Condemns Israel for sky-jacking a Libyan airliner.<\/p>\n

1986 Resolutions about cooperation, security, human rights, trade, media bias, the environment, and development: 8 resolutions.<\/p>\n

1987 Calls on Israel to abide by the Geneva Conventions in its treatment of the Palestinians.<\/p>\n

1987 Calls on Israel to stop deporting Palestinians.<\/p>\n

1987 Condemns Israel for its actions in Lebanon:<\/p>\n

2 resolutions.<\/p>\n

1987 Calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon.<\/p>\n

1987 Cooperation between the UN and League of Arab States.<\/p>\n

1987 Calls for compliance in the International Court of Justice concerning military and paramilitary activities against Nicaragua and a call to end the trade embargo against Nicaragua: 2 resolutions.<\/p>\n

1987 Measures to prevent international terrorism, study the underlying political and economic causes of terrorism, convene a conference to define terrorism and to differentiate it from the struggle of people from national liberation.<\/p>\n

1987 Resolutions concerning journalism, international debt, and trade: 3 resolutions.<\/p>\n

1987 Opposition to the build up of weapons in space.<\/p>\n

1987 Opposition to the development of new weapons of mass destruction.<\/p>\n

1987 Opposition to nuclear testing. 2 resolutions.<\/p>\n

1987 Proposal to set up South Atlantic “Zone of Peace”.<\/p>\n

1988 Condemns Israeli practices against Palestinians in the occupied territories: 5 resolutions (1988 and 1989).<\/p>\n

1989 Condemns US invasion of Panama.<\/p>\n

1989 Condemns US troops for ransacking the residence of the Nicaraguan ambassador in Panama.<\/p>\n

1989 Condemns US support for the Contra army in Nicaragua.<\/p>\n

1989 Condemns illegal US embargo of Nicaragua.<\/p>\n

1989 Opposing the acquisition of territory by force.<\/p>\n

1989 Calling for a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict based on earlier UN resoltions.<\/p>\n

1990 To send three UN Security Council observers to the occupied territories.<\/p>\n

1995 Affirms that land in East Jerusalem annexed by Israel is occupied territory.<\/p>\n

1997 Calls on Israel to cease building settlements in East Jerusalem and other occupied territories:<\/p>\n

2 resolutions.<\/p>\n

1999 Calls on the United States to end its trade embargo on Cuba:<\/p>\n

8 resolutions (1992 to 1999).<\/p>\n

2001 To send unarmed monitors to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n

2001 To set up the International Criminal Court.<\/p>\n

2002 To renew the peace keeping mission in Bosnia.<\/p>\n

[Chart above from http:\/\/www.phon.ucl.ac.uk\/home\/geoff\/UNresolutions.htm]<\/em><\/p>\n

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[Chart below from: http:\/\/www.krysstal.com\/democracy_whyusa03.html]
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\n2002\u00a0Condemns the killing of a UN worker from the United Kingdom by
\nIsraeli forces. Condemns the destruction of the World Food Programme
\nwarehouse.<\/p>\n

2003\u00a0Condemns a decision by the Israeli parliament to “remove” the
\nelected Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat.<\/p>\n

2003\u00a0Condemns the building of a wall by Israel on Palestinian land.<\/p>\n

2003\u00a0To end the US’s forty-year embargo of Cuba.<\/p>\n

2004\u00a0Condemns the assassination of Hamas leader Sheik Ahmad Yassin.<\/p>\n

2004\u00a0Condemns the Israeli incursion and killings in Gaza.<\/p>\n

2004\u00a0Production and processing of weapon-usable material should be
\nunder international control.<\/p>\n

2006\u00a0Calls for an end to Israeli military incursions and attacks on Gaza.<\/p>\n

2006\u00a0Calls for an end to the financial embargo against Cuba.<\/p>\n

2007\u00a0Calls for peaceful uses for outer space.<\/p>\n

2007\u00a0Calls for a convention against female descrimination.<\/p>\n

2007 Concerning the rights of children.<\/p>\n

2007 Concerning the right to food.<\/p>\n

2007\u00a0On the applicability of the Geneva Convention to the protection
\nof civilians in time of war.<\/p>\n

2007 Calls for the protection of the Global Climate.<\/p>\n

2007 Calls for Indian Ocean to be declared a zone of peace. Calls for
\na nuclear\u00a0weapon-free South East Asia.
\n2007 Calls for the right of self determination for the Palestinian
\npeople. Other resolutions regarding the Palestinians and their rights.<\/p>\n

2008 Calls for progress towards an arms trade treaty.<\/p>\n

2008 Banning the development of new weapons of mass destruction.<\/p>\n

2008 Assuring non-nuclear states they will not be attacked or
\nthreatened with nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

2008 Prevention of the development of an arms race in outer space and
\ntransparency in outer space activities.<\/p>\n

2008 Calls to decrease the operational readiness of nuclear weapons
\nsystems and to ban nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

2008 Calls to end the use of depleted Uranium in weapons.<\/p>\n

2008 Concerning the trade in illicit small arms.<\/p>\n

2008 Calls for a nuclear free Central Asia and a nuclear free Southern
\nHemisphere. Prevention of proliferation in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

2008 Calls for a comprehensive (nuclear) test ban treaty. Calls for a
\nnuclear weapon free world.<\/p>\n

2008 Calls for a treaty on children’s rights.<\/p>\n

2008 Condemns racial descrimination.<\/p>\n

2008 Affirms the soverignty of Palestinians over the occupied
\nterritories and their resources.<\/p>\n

2008 Affirms the right of the Palestinians to self determination.<\/p>\n

2008 Calls on Israel to pay the cost of cleaning up an oil slick off
\nthe coast of Lebanon caused by its bombing.<\/p>\n

2008 Calls for a new economic order.<\/p>\n

2008 Calls for a right of development for nations.<\/p>\n

2008 Calls for a right to food.<\/p>\n

2008 Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the
\nvital importance of family reunification.<\/p>\n

2008 Concerning developments in information technology for international security.<\/p>\n

2008 Resolutions concerning Palestine, its people, their property, and
\nIsraeli practices in Palestine, including settlements.<\/p>\n

2009 Calls for an end to the twenty-two-day-long Israeli attack on Gaza.<\/p>\n

2011 Calls for a halt to the illegal Israeli West Bank settlements.<\/p>\n

2011 Calls for Israel to cease obstructing the movement and access of
\nthe staff, vehicles and supplies of the United Nations Relief and
\nWorks Agency for Palestinian Refugees.<\/p>\n

2011 Calls for the immediate and complete cessation of all Israeli
\nsettlement activities in all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
\nincluding East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan.<\/p>\n

* This list will be revised and better documented shortly. Reading Sunday news necessitated quick referencing. Glitches that may be found above at this point do not diminish the larger claim.<\/em><\/p>\n

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