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Use of the Veto on
United Nations Resolutions
by the USA
| Year | Resolution Vetoed by the USA | If Multiple Resolutions |
Voting Figures For-Against |
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| 1972 | Condemns Israel for killing hundreds of people in Syria and Lebanon in air raids. | ||
| 1973 | Afirms the rights of the Palestinians and calls on Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories. | ||
| 1976 | Condemns Israel for attacking Lebanese civilians. | ||
| Condemns Israel for building settlements in the occupied territories. | |||
| Calls for self determination for the Palestinians. | |||
| Afirms the rights of the Palestinians. | |||
| 1976 | Condemns South Africa’s attempts to impose apartheid on Namibia. | 2 | |
| 1976 | For the admission of Vietnam to the United Nations. | 5 (from 1975) |
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| 1977 | Condemns the apartheid situation in South Africa. | 3 | |
| 1978 | Urges the permanent members (USA, USSR, UK, France, China) to insure United Nations decisions on the maintenance of international peace and security. | 119-2 | |
| Criticises the living conditions of the Palestinians. | 110-2 | ||
| Condemns the Israeli human rights record in occupied territories. | 97-3 | ||
| 1978 | Calls for developed countries to increase the quantity and quality of development assistance to underdeveloped countries. | 119-1 | |
| 1979 | Calls for an end to all military and nuclear collaboration with the apartheid South Africa. | 114-3 | |
| Strengthens the arms embargo against South Africa. | 132-3 | ||
| Offers assistance to all the oppressed people of South Africa and their liberation movement. | 134-3 | ||
| Concerns negotiations on disarmament and cessation of the nuclear arms race. | 120-3 | ||
| Calls for the return of all inhabitants expelled by Israel. | 121-3 | ||
| Demands that Israel desist from human rights violations. | 111-2 | ||
| Requests a report on the living conditions of Palestinians in occupied Arab countries. | 120-2 | ||
| Offers assistance to the Palestinian people. | 112-3 | ||
| Discusses sovereignty over national resources in occupied Arab territories. | 118-2 | ||
| Calls for protection of developing counties’ exports. | 111-2 | ||
| Calls for alternative approaches within the United Nations system for improving the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms. | 136-1 | ||
| Opposes support for intervention in the internal or external affairs of states. | 104-2 | ||
| For a United Nations Conference on Women. | 121-2 | ||
| To include Palestinian women in the United Nations Conference on Women. | 122-2 | ||
| Safeguards rights of developing countries in multinational trade negotiations. | 112-1 | ||
| 1980 | Requests Israel to return displaced persons. | 96-3 | |
| Condemns Israeli policy regarding the living conditions of the Palestinian people. | 118-2 | ||
| Condemns Israeli human rights practices in occupied territories. | 3 | 118-2 119-2 117-2 |
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| Afirms the right of self determination for the Palestinians. | 120-3 | ||
| 1980 | Offers assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement. | 137-3 | |
| 1980 | Attempts to establish a New International Economic Order to promote the growth of underdeveloped countries and international economic co-operation. | 134-1 | |
| Endorses the Program of Action for Second Half of United Nations Decade for Women. | 132-3 | ||
| Declaration of non-use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states. | 110-2 | ||
| Emphasises that the development of nations and individuals is a human right. | 120-1 | ||
| Calls for the cessation of all nuclear test explosions. | |||
| Calls for the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. | |||
| 1981 | Promotes co-operative movements in developing countries. | 123-1 | |
| 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. | 126-1 | ||
| 1981 | Condemns activities of foreign economic interests in colonial territories. | 133-3 | |
| Calls for the ending of all test explosions of nuclear weapons. | 118-2 | ||
| Calls for action in support of measures to prevent nuclear war, curb the arms race and promote disarmament. | 78-3 | ||
| Urges negotiations on prohibition of chemical and biological weapons. | 109-1 | ||
| Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development, etc are human rights. | 135-1 | ||
| Concerns changes to the United Nations accounting methods. | 127-1 | ||
| 1981 | Condemns South Africa for attacks on neighbouring states, condemns apartheid and attempts to strengthen sanctions. | 7 | 145-1 124-1 136-1 129-2 126-2 139-1 138-1 |
| 1981 | Condemns an attempted coup by South Africa on the Seychelles. | ||
| 1981 | Demands that Israel cease excavations in areas of East Jerusalem considered by the United Nations to be part of the occupied territories. | 114-2 | |
| Condemns Israel for bombing Iraqi nuclear installations. | 108-2 | ||
| Condemns Israeli policy regarding living conditions of the Palestinian people. | 2 | 109-2 111-2 |
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| To establish a nuclear weapon free zone in the Middle East. | 107-2 | ||
| To establish rights for the Palestinian people. | 2 | 121-2 119-3 |
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| To clarify the status of Jerusalem. | 139-2 | ||
| Discusses Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip. | 141-2 | ||
| Concering the rights of displaced Palestinians to return to their homes. | 121-3 | ||
| Concerning revenues from Palestinian refugees’ properties. | 117-2 | ||
| Establishment of the University of Jerusalem for Palestinian refugees. | 119-2 | ||
| Concerning Israeli human rights violations in occupied territories. | 111-2 | ||
| Condemns Israel closing of universities in occupied territories. | 114-2 | ||
| Opposes Israel’s decision to build a canal linking the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. | |||
| Discusses sovereignty over national resources in occupied Palestine and other Arab territories. | 115-2 | ||
| Affirms the non-applicability of Israeli law over the Golan Heights. | 121-2 | ||
| 1982 | Condemns the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. | 6 (1982-1983) |
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| 1982 | Condemns the shooting of 11 Muslims at a shrine in Jerusalem by an Israeli soldier. | ||
| Calls on Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights occupied in 1967. | |||
| 1982 | For the ratification of the convention on the suppression and punishment of apartheid. | 124-1 | |
| To promote international action against apartheid. | 141-1 | ||
| Condemns apartheid in sports. | 138-1 | ||
| Calls for the cessation of further foreign investments and loans for South Africa. | 134-1 | ||
| 1982 | Calls for the setting up of a World Charter for the protection of the ecology. | 111-1 | |
| Sets up a United Nations conference on succession of states in respect to state property, archives and debts. | 136-1 | ||
| Nuclear test bans and negotiations and nuclear free outer space. | 3 | 111-1 114-1 138-1 |
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| Supports a new world information and communications order. | 131-1 | ||
| Prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons. | 95-1 | ||
| Development of international law. | 113-1 | ||
| To prevent the exclusion of certain United Nations employees. | 129-1 | ||
| Protects against products harmful to health and the environment. | 146-1 | ||
| Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development are human rights. | 131-1 | ||
| Implementation of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States. | 141-1 | ||
| Concerning the adequacy of facilities of the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. | 132-1 | ||
| Development of the energy resources of developing countries. | 146-1 | ||
| Restructuring international economic relations towards establishing a new international economic order. | 124-1 | ||
| 1983 | Afirms 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. | 131-1 | |
| Resolutions against apartheid South Africa. | 4 | 110-1 149-1 140-1 145-1 |
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| Prevention of an arms race in outer space. | 147-1 | ||
| Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development are human rights. | 132-1 | ||
| Concerning international law. | 110-1 | ||
| Concerning the Transport and Communications Decade in Africa. | 137-1 | ||
| Prohibition of manufacture of new weapons of mass destruction. | 116-1 | ||
| Reversing the arms race. | 133-1 | ||
| Prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons. | 98-1 | ||
| Requests a study on the naval arms race. | 113-1 | ||
| Concerning disarmament and security. | 132-1 | ||
| Strengthening the United Nations to respond to natural and other disasters. | 126-1 | ||
| 1984 | Condemns support of South Africa in its Namibian and other policies. | 121-2 | |
| International action to eliminate apartheid. | 146-2 | ||
| 1984 | Condemns Israel for occupying and attacking southern Lebanon. | ||
| 1984 | Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States. | 134-2 | |
| Condemns Israeli attack against Iraqi nuclear installation. | 106-2 | ||
| On the elimination of racial discrimination. | 145-1 | ||
| Affirms the rights of the Palestinian people. | 127-2 | ||
| For the convening of a Middle East peace conference. | 121-3 | ||
| Prohibition of new types of weapons of mass destruction. | 125-1 | ||
| Prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons. | 84-1 | ||
| Concerning the law of the sea. | 138-2 | ||
| Concerning Israeli human rights violations in occupied territories. | 120-2 | ||
| Condemns assassination attempts against Palestinian mayors. | 143-2 | ||
| Condemns Israel for failing to place its nuclear facilities under international safeguards. | 94-2 | ||
| Concerning a nuclear test ban. | 123-1 | ||
| To study military research and development. | 141-1 | ||
| Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. | 143-1 | ||
| Proposing economic assistance to the Palestinian people. | 146-1 | ||
| Support for the United Nations Industrial Development Organsiation. | 118-2 | ||
| Concerning the Industrial Development Decade for Africa. | 120-1 | ||
| Questions regarding the Economic Commission for Western Asia. | 123-2 | ||
| 1985 | Condemns Israel for occupying and attacking southern Lebanon. | ||
| Condemns Israel for using excessive force in the occupied territories. | |||
| 1985 | Resolutions about cooperation, human rights, trade and development. | 3 | 134-1 130-1 133-1 |
| Measures to be taken against Nazi, Fascist and neo-Fascist activities. | 121-2 | ||
| 1986 | Calls on all governments (including the USA) to observe international law. | ||
| 1986 | Condemns Israel for its actions against Lebanese civilians. | ||
| Calls on Israel to respect Muslim holy places. | |||
| Condemns Israel for sky-jacking a Libyan airliner. | |||
| 1986 | To set up a zone of peace and cooperation in the South Atlantic. | 124-1 | |
| To eliminate existing imbalances in the information and communications fields. | 148-1 | ||
| To Strengthen of international security. | 126-1 | ||
| Dialogue to improve the international situation. | 117-1 | ||
| For the establishment of a comprehensive system of international peace and security. | 102-2 | ||
| Declaration on the right to development. | 146-1 | ||
| Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers. | 148-1 | ||
| Protection against products harmful to health and the environment. | 146-1 | ||
| 1987 | Calls on Israel to abide by the Geneva Conventions in its treatment of the Palestinians. | ||
| Calls on Israel to stop deporting Palestinians. | 145-2 | ||
| 1987 | Condemns Israel for its actions in Lebanon. | 2 | |
| Calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon. | |||
| 1987 | Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States. | 153-2 | |
| 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 | 94-2 94-2 |
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| 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. | 153-2 | ||
| Resolutions concerning journalism, international debt and trade. | 3 | 140-1 154-1 131-1 |
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| Opposition to the build up of weapons in space. | 154-1 | ||
| Opposition to the development of new weapons of mass destruction. | 135-1 | ||
| Opposition to nuclear testing. | 2 | 143-2 137-3 |
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| Proposal to set up South Atlantic “Zone of Peace”. | 124-1 | ||
| 1988 | Condemns Israeli practices against Palestinians in the occupied territories. | 5 (1988-1989) |
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| 1989 | Condemns USA invasion of Panama. | ||
| Condemns USA troops for ransacking the residence of the Nicaraguan ambassador in Panama. | |||
| 1989 | Condemns USA for shooting down 2 Libyan aircraft. | ||
| 1989 | Condemns USA support for the Contra army in Nicaragua. | ||
| Condemns illegal USA embargo of Nicaragua. | |||
| Opposing the acquisition of territory by force. | 151-3 | ||
| Calling for a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict based on earlier UN resoltions. | |||
| 1990 | To send three UN Security Council observers to the occupied territories. | ||
| 1995 | Afirms that land in East Jerusalem annexed by Israel is occupied territory. | ||
| 1997 | Calls on Israel to cease building settlements in East Jerusalem and other occupied territories. | 2 | 130-2 |
| 1999 | Calls on the USA to end its trade embargo on Cuba. | 8 | 59-2 88-4 101-2 117-3 138-2 143-2 157-2 155-2 |
| 2001 | To send unarmed monitors to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. | ||
| Condemns Israel for acts of terror against civilians in the occupied territories. | |||
| To set up the International Criminal Court. | |||
| 2002 | To renew the peace keeping mission in Bosnia. | ||
| 2002 | Condemns the killing of UK worker for the United Nations by Israeli forces. Condemns the destruction of the World Food Programme warehouse. | ||
| 2003 | Condemns a decision by the Israeli parliament to “remove” the elected Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat. | ?-1 | |
| Condemns the building of a wall by Israel on Palestinian land. | ?-? | ||
| 2003 | To end the USA’s 40 year embargo of Cuba. | 179-3 | |
| 2004 | Condemns the assassination of Hamas leader, Sheik Ahmad Yassin. | ||
| 2004 | Condemns the Israeli incursion and killings in Gaza. | ||
| 2004 | Production and processing of weapon-usable material should be under international control. | 2 | 147-1 179-2 |
| 2006 | Calls for an end to Israeli military incursions and attacks on Gaza. | 2 | 10-1 13-1 |
Looks like USA as saved Israel and the Aphartide, but Aphartide is deadth now so as Israel will be if it goes like this.



