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Subjects of UN Security Council Vetoes

Source: Data from the United Nations
and Sydney D. Bailey and Sam Daws "The Procedure of the UN Security Council", 3rd Edition, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1998*

Year	Date of Vote	Vetoing Member State	Vote (yes-veto- no or abstain)	SC Official Record	Draft Text No.	Subject
2008	no vetoes
2007
	January 12	China, Russia	9-3-3	S/PV.5619	S/2007/14	on Myanmar
2006
	November 11	USA	10-1-4	S/PV.5565	S/2006/878	on the Israeli military operations in Gaza, the Palestinian rocket fire into Israel, the call for immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and a cessation of violence from both parties in the conflict.
	July 13	USA	10-1-4	S/PV.5488	S/2006/508	on the demand for the unconditional release of an Israeli soldier captured earlier as well as Israel's immediate withdrawal from Gaza and the release of dozens of Palestinian officials detained by Israel.
2005	no vetoes
2004
	October 5	USA	11-1-3	S/PV.5051	S/2004/783	on the demand to Israel to halt all military operations in northern Gaza and withdraw from the area.
	April 21	Russia	14-1-0	S/PV.4947	S/2004/313	on the termination of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)'s mandate and replacing it with the UN Settlement Implementation Mission in Cyprus (UNSIMIC).
	March 25	USA	11-1-3	S/PV.4934	S/2004/240	on the condemnation of the killing of Ahmed Yassin, the leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas
2003
	October 14	USA	10-1-4	S/PV.4842	S/2003/980	on the security wall built by Israel in the West Bank.
	September 16	USA	11-1-3	S/PV.4828	S/2003/891	on the Israeli decision to "remove" Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat.
2002
	December 20	USA	12-1-2	S/PV.4681	S/2002/1385	on the killing by Israeli forces of several United Nations employees and the destruction of the World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse
	June 30	USA	13-1-1	S/PV.4563	S/2002/712	on the renewal of the UN peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and the immunity of US peacekeepers from ICC jurisdiction
2001
	December 14	USA	12-1-2	S/PV.4438 p.30	S/2001/1199	on the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Palestinian-controlled territory and condemning acts of terror against civilians
	March 27	USA	9-1-4	S/PV.4305 p.5	S/2001/270	on establishing a UN observer force to protect Palestinian civilians (report of Council meeting SC/7040)
2000	no vetoes
1999
	February 25	China	13-1-1	S/PV.3982 p.5	S/1999/201	on the extension of UNPREDEP in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1998	no vetoes
1997
	March 21	USA	13-1-1	S/PV.3756 p.6	S/1997/241	Demanding Israel's immediate cessation of construction at Jabal Abu Ghneim in East Jerusalem
	March 7	USA	14-1-0	S/PV.3747 p.4	S/1997/199	Calling upon Israel to refrain from East Jerusalem settlement activites
	January 10	China	14-1-0	S/PV.3730 p.17	S/1997/18	Authorization for 155 observers for the purposes of verification of the agreement on the definate ceasefire in Guatemala
1996	no vetoes
1995
	May 17	USA	14-1-0	S/PV.3538 p.6	S/1995/394	on the Occupied Arab Territories (East Jerusalem)
1994
	December 2	Russian Federation	13-1-1	S/PV.3475 p.11	S/1994/1358	on Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Transport of goods between the former Yugoslavia and Bosnia)
1993
	May 11	Russian Federation	14-1-0	S/PV.3211 p.6	S/25693	on Cyprus (finances)
1992	no vetoes
1991	no vetoes
1990
	May 31	USA	14-1-0	S/PV.2926 p.36	S/21326	on the Occupied Arab Territories
	January 17	USA	13-1-1	S/PV. 2905 p.36	S/21084	on the Violation of Diplomatic Immunities in Panama
1989
	December 23	France, UK, USA	10-4-1	S/PV. 2902 pp. 18-20	S/21048	Situation in Panama
	November 7	USA	14-1-0	S/PV. 2889 p.32	S/20945/Rev.1	Situation in the Occupied Arab Territories
	June 9	USA	14-1-0	S/PV. 2867 p. 31	S/20677	Situation in the Occupied Arab Territories
	February 17	USA	14-1-0	S/PV. 2850 p. 34	S/20463	Situation in the Occupied Arab Territories
	January 11	France, UK, USA	9-4-2	S/PV. 2841 p. 48	S/20378	Complaint by Libya against US Downing of Aircraft
1988
	December 14	USA	14-1-0	S/PV. 2832 p. 28	S/20322	Complaint of Lebanon against Israel
	May 10	USA	14-1-0	S/PV. 2814 p. 58	S/19868	Complaint of Lebanon against Israel
	April 15	USA	14-1-0	S/PV. 2806 p. 53	S/19780	Situation in the Occupied Arab Territories
	March 8	UK, USA	10-2-3	S/PV. 2797 p. 19	S/19585	South Africa (Sanctions)
	February 1	USA	14-1-0	S/PV. 2790 p. 42	S/19466	Situation in the Occupied Arab Territories
	January 18	USA	13-1-1	S/PV. 2784 pp. 39-50	S/19434	Complaint of Lebanon against Israel
1987
	April 9	UK, USA	9-3-3	S/PV. 2747 p. 21	S/18785	Namibia Question
	February 20	UK, USA	10-3-2	S/PV. 2738 p. 67	S/18705	South Africa (Sanctions)
1986
	October 28	USA	11-1-3	S/PV. 2718 p. 51	S/18428	Complaint of Nicaragua against USA (ICJ Judgment)
	July 31	USA	11-1-3	S/PV. 2693 p. 54-55	S/18250	Complaint of Nicaragua against USA (ICJ Judgment)
	June 18	UK, USA	12-2-1	S/PV. 2693 p. 48	S/18163	Complaint of Angola against South Africa
	May 23	UK, USA	12-2-1	S/PV. 2686 p. 128	S/18087/Rev.1	Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe Complaint against South Africa
	April 21	France, UK, USA	9-5-1	S/PV. 2682 p. 43	S/18016/Rev.1	Libyan Complaint against US Attack
	February 6	USA	10-1-4	S/PV. 2655 p. 114	S/17796/Rev.1	Syrian Complaint against Israeli Interception of Libyan Civilian Aircraft
	January 30	USA	13-1-1	S/PV. 2650 p. 31	S/17769/Rev.1	Violation of Haram Al-Sharif (Jerusalem)
	January 17	USA	11-1-3	S/PV. 2642 p. 38	S/17730/Rev.2	Complaint by Lebanon against Israeli Agression
1985
	November 15	UK, USA	12-2-1	S/PV. 2629 para 64	S/17633	Situation in Namibia
	September 13	USA	10-1-4	S/PV. 2605 para 170	S/17459	Situation in the Middle East (Occupied Territories)
	July 26	UK, USA	12-2-1	S/PV. 2602 para 116	S/17354/Rev.1	South Africa Questions
	May 10	USA	13-1-1	S/PV. 2580 para 268	S/17172/Para.2	Complaint of Nicaragua against USA
	May 10	USA	11-1-3	S/PV.2580 para 267	S/17172/Para.1	Complaint of Nicaragua against USA
	May 10	USA	13-1-1	S/PV.2580 para 266	S/17172/Preambl	Complaint of Nicaragua against USA
	March 12	USA	11-1-3	S/PV. 2573 para 208	S/17000	Situation in the Middle East (Lebanon)
1984
	September 6	USA	14-1-0	S/PV. 2556 para 49	S/16732	Situation in the Middle East (Lebanon)
	April 4	USA	13-1-1	S/PV. 2529 para 252	S/16463	Complaint of Nicaragua against USA
	February 29	USSR	13-2-0	S/PV. 2519 para 87	S/16351/Rev.2	Situation in the Middle East (Lebanon)
1983
	October 27	USA	11-1-3	S/PV. 2491 para 431	S/16077/Rev.1	Invasion of the Republic of Grenada by US Troops
	September 12	USSR	9-2-4	S/PV. 2476 para 131	S/15966/Rev.1	Republic of Korea and USSR (Downing of the Korean Airliner)
	August 2	USA	13-1-1	S/PV. 2461 para 238	S/15895	Situation in the Middle East (Occupied Arab Territories)
1982
	August 6	USA	11-1-3	S/PV. 2391 para 38	S/15347/Rev.1	Situation in the Middle East (Lebanon)
	June 26	USA	14-1-0	S/PV. 2381 para 12	S/15255/Rev.2	Situation in the Middle East (Lebanon)
	June 8	USA	14-1-0	S/PV. 2377 para 23	S/15185	Situation in the Middle East (Lebanon)
	June 4	UK, USA	9-2-4	S/PV. 2373 para 39	S/15156/Rev.2	Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Question
	April 20	USA	14-1-0	S/PV. 2357 para 101	S/14985	Situation in the Middle East (Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem Attack)
	April 2	USA	13-1-1	S/PV. 2348 para 9	S/14943	Situation in the Middle East (Mayors of Nablus and Ramallah Dismissal)
	April 2	USA	12-1-2	S/PV. 2347 para 140	S/14941	Situation in Central America (Nicaragua)
	January 20	USA	9-1-5	S/PV. 2329 para 162	S/14832/Rev.1	Situation in the Middle East (Golan Heights)
1981
	August 31	USA	13-1-1	S/PV. 2300 para 45	S/14664/Rev.2	Complaint by Angola against South Africa
	April 30	France, UK, USA	12-3-0	S/PV. 2277 para 27	S/14462	Question of Namibia
	April 30	France, UK, USA	11-3-1	S/PV. 2277 para 26	S/ 14461	Question of Namibia
	April 30	France, UK, USA	9-3-3	S/PV. 2277 para 25	S/14460/Rev.1	Question of Namibia
	April 30	France, UK, USA	9-3-3	S/PV. 2277 para 24	S/14459	Question of Namibia
1980
	April 30	USA	10-1-4	S/PV. 2220 para 151	S/13911	Situation in the Middle East (Palestinian Rights)
	January 13	USSR	10-2-2	S/PV. 2191/Add.1 para 149	S/13735	US and Islamic Republic of Iran (Hostage Question)
	January 7-9	USSR	13-2-0	S/PV. 2190 Coor.1+Add.1 para 140	S/13729	Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
1979
	March 16	USSR	13-2-0	S/PV. 2129 para 72	S/13162	Border Dispute in South-East Asia (China and Vietnam)
	January 15	USSR	13-2-0	S/PV. 2112 para 4	S/13027	Vietnam Intervention in Kampuchea (Cambodia)
1978	no vetoes
1977
	October 31	France, UK, USA	10-5-0	S/PV. 2045 para 55	S/12312/Rev.1	Situation in South Africa
	October 31	France, UK, USA	10-5-0	S/PV. 2045 para 54	S/12311/Rev.1	Situation in South Africa
	October 31	France, UK, USA	10-5-0	S/PV. 2045 para 53	S/12310/Rev.1	Situation in South Africa
1976
	November 15	USA	14-1-0	S/PV. 1972 para 119	S/12226	Application for Membership (Socialist Republic of Vietnam)
	October 19	France, UK, USA	10-3-2	S/PV. 1963 para 121	S/12211	Situation in Namibia
	June 29	USA	10-1-4	S/PV. 1938	S/12119	Question of the Exercise by the Palestinian People of their Inaleniable Rights
	June 23	USA	13-1-0 China didn't participate	S/PV. 1932 para 208	S/12110	Application for Membership
	March 25	USA	14-1-0	S/PV. 1899 para 106	S/12022	Jerusalem Status
	February 6	France	14-1-0	S/PV. 1888 para 247	S/11967	Dispute between the Comoros and France on Mayotte
	January 25	USA	9-1-3 China and Libya didn't participate	S/PV. 1879 para 67	S/11940	Middle East Question including the Palestinian Question
1975
	December 8	USA	13-1-1	S/PV. 1862 para 118	S/11898	Situation in the Middle East (Israel/Lebanon)
	September 30	USA	14-1-0	S/PV. 1846 para 42	S/11833	Application for Membership (North Vietnam)
	September 30	USA	14-1-0	S/PV. 1846 para 41	S/11832	Application for Membership (South Vietnam)
	August 11	USA	14-1-0	S/PV. 1836 para 106	S/11796	Application for Membership (North Vietnam)
	August 11	USA	14-1-0	S/PV. 1836 para 105	S/11795	Application for Membership (South Vietnam)
	June 6	France, UK, USA	10-3-2	S/PV. 1829 para 160	S/11713	Namibia Question
1974
	October 30	France, UK, USA	10-3-2	S/PV. 1808 para 155	S/11543	South Africa (Representation in the UN)
	July 31	USSR	12-2-0 China didn't participate	S/PV. 1788 para 237	S/11400/Rev.1	Situation in Cyprus
1973
	July 26	USA	13-1-0 China didn't participate	S/PV. 1735 para 97	S/10974	Situation in the Middle East (Palestinian Question)
	May 22	UK, USA	11-2-2	S/PV. 1716 para 48	S/10928	Situation in South Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
	March 21	USA	13-1-1	S/PV. 1704 para 66	S/10931/Rev.1	Panama Canal Question
1972
	September 29	UK	10-1-4	S/PV. 1666 para 121	S/10805/Rev.1 as Amended	Situation in South Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
	September 29	UK	10-1-4	S/PV. 1666 para 120	S/10805/Rev.1 op. para 5	Situation in South Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
	September 29	UK	10-1-4	S/PV. 1666 para 119	S/10805/Rev.1 op. para 1	Situation in South Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
	September 10	USA	13-1-1	S/PV. 1662 para 74	S/10784	Situation in the Middle East (Ceasefire 1967 Violation)
	September 10	China, USSR	9-6-0	S/PV. 1662 para 72	S/10786 para 2	Situation in the Middle East (Ceasefire 1967 Violation)
	August 25	China	11-1-3	S/PV. 1660 para 85	S/10771	Application for Membership (Bangladesh)
	February 4	UK	9-1-5	S/PV. 1639 para 48	S/10606	Situation in South Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
1971
	December 30	UK	9-1-5	S/PV. 1623 para 272	S/10489 and S/PV. para 8	Situation in South Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
	December 13	USSR	11-2-2	S/PV. 1613 para 231	S/10446/Rev.1	India-Pakistan Question (Bangladesh)
	December 5	USSR	11-2-2	S/PV. 1607 para 240	S/10423	India-Pakistan Question (Bangladesh)
	December 4	USSR	11-2-2	S/PV. 1606 para 371	S/10416	India-Pakistan Question (Bangladesh)
1970
	November 10	UK	12-1-2	S/PV. 1556 pra 212	S/9976	Situation in South Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
	March 17	UK, USA	9-2-4	S/PV. 1534 para 207	S/9696 + Corr.1,2	Situation in South Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
1969	no vetoes
1968
	August 22	USSR	10-2-3	S/PV. 1443 para 284	S/8761	Complaint by Czechoslovakia
1967	no vetoes
1966
	November 4	USSR	10-4-1	S/PV. 1319 para 55	S/7575/Rev.1	Armistice Agreement (Syria/Israel)
1965	no vetoes
1964
	December 21	USSR	8-3-0	S/PV. 1182 para 41	S/6113 as Amended	Armistice Agreement (Syria/Israel)
	September 17	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 1152 para 64	S/5973	Relationship between Malaysia and Indonesia
1963
	September 13	UK	8-1-2	S/PV. 1069 para 64	S/5425/Rev.1	Situation in South Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
	September 3	USSR	8-2-1	S/PV. 1063 para 64	S/5407	Situation in the Middle East (Israeli-Syrian Conflict)
1962
	June 22	USSR	7-2-2	S/PV. 1016 para 92	S/5134	India-Pakistan Question (Kashmir and Jammu)
1961
	December 18	USSR	7-4-0	S/PV. 988 para 129	S/5033	Complaint by Portugal (Indian Forces in Goa)
	November 30	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 985 para 44	S/5006	Application for Membership (Kuwait)
	November 24	USSR	9-1-1	S/PV. 982 para 84	S/4989/Rev.2 US Amendment	Congo Question
	November 24	USSR	9-1-1	S/PV. 982 para 81	S/4989/Rev.2 Third US Amendment	Congo Question
	July 7	USSR	7-1-3	S/PV. 960 para 44	S/4855	Complaint by Kuwait against Iraq
	February 20	USSR	7-3-1	S/PV. 942 para 175	S/4733/Rev.1 as Amended	Congo Question
	February 20	USSR	8-3-0	S/PV. 942 para 139	Amendment to S/4733/Rev.1	Congo Question
1960
	December 13	USSR	7-3-1	S/PV. 920 para 156	S/4578/Rev.1	Congo Question
	December 4	USSR	8-2-1	S/PV. 911 para 246	S/4567/Rev.1	Application for Membership (Mauritania)
	September 17	USSR	8-2-1	S/PV. 906 para 157	S/4523	Congo Question
	July 26	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 883 para 189	S/4411	Soviet Complaint (Over Flight by US)
	July 26	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 883 para 188	S/4409/Rev.1	Soviet Complaint (Over Flight by US)
1959	no vetoes
1958
	December 9	USSR	8-1-2	S/PV. 843 para 49	S/4130/Rev.1	Application for Membership (South Vietnam)
	December 9	USSR	9-1-1	S/PV. 843 para 35	S/4129/Rev.1	Application for Membership (Republic of Korea)
	July 22	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 837 para 9	S/4055/Rev.1	Complaint by Lebanon of Interference by UAR (Egypt and Syria)
	July 18	USSR	9-1-1	S/PV. 834 para 68	S/4050/Rev.1	Complaint by Lebanon of Interference by UAR (Egypt and Syria)
	May 2	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 817 para 3	S/3995 Amendment to S/399	Soviet Complain (Over Flight by US)
1957
	September 9	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 790 para 56	S/3885	Application for Membership (Viet-nam)
	September 9	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 790 para 9	S/3884	Application for Membership (North Korea)
	February 20	USSR	9-1-1	S/PV. 773 para 126	S/3787	India-Pakistan Question (Kashmir and Jammu)
1956
	November 4	USSR	9-1-0 yugoslavia didn't participate	S/PV. 754 para 68	S/3730/Rev.1	Situation in Hungary
	October 30	UK, France	7-2-2	S/PV. 750/ Rev.1 para 23	S/3713/Rev.1	Palestinian Question: Steps for the Immediate Cessation of the Military Action of Israel in Egypt
	October 30	UK, France	7-2-2	S/PV. 749 para 186	S/3710 + Coor.1 S/PV. 749 and footnote 2	Palestinian Question: Steps for the Immediate Cessation of the Military Action of Israel in Egypt
	October 13	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 743 para 106	S/3671/Rev.1 Second Part	Complaint by UK and France (Suez Canal)
1955
	December 15	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 706 para 116	S/3510	Application for Membership (Japan)
	December 14	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 705 para 28	S/3510	Application for Membership (Japan)
	December 13	USSR	9-1-1	S/PV. 704 para 72	S/3502	Application for Membership (Spain)
	December 13	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 704 para 71	S/3502	Application for Membership (Laos)
	December 13	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 704 para 70	S/3502	Application for Membership (Japan)
	December 13	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 704 para 69	S/3502	Application for Membership (Cambodia)
	December 13	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 704 para 68	S/3502	Application for Membership (Libya)
	December 13	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 704 para 67	S/3502	Application for Membership (Nepal)
	December 13	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 704 para 66	S/3502	Application for Membership (Ceylon)
	December 13	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 704 para 65	S/3502	Application for Membership (Finland)
	December 13	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 704 para 62	S/3502	Application for Membership (Austria)
	December 13	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 704 para 61	S/3502	Application for Membership (Italy)
	December 13	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 704 para 59	S/3502	Application for Membership (Portugal)
	December 13	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 704 para 58	S/3502	Application for Membership (Ireland)
	December 13	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 704 para 57	S/3502	Application for Membership (Jordan)
	December 13	China	8-1-2	S/PV. 704 para 54	S/3502	Application for Membership (Mongolia)
	December 13	USSR	9-1-1	S/PV. 704 para 52	S/3502	Application for Membership (South Viet-nam)
	December 13	USSR	9-1-1	S/PV. 704 para 51	S/3502	Application for Membership (Republic of Korea)
1954
	June 20	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 675 para 194-195	S/3236/Rev.1	Central America (Guatemala)
	June 18	USSR	9-1-1	S/PV. 674 para 71	S/3229	Situation in Thailand (Request for Peace Observation Commission)
	March 29	USSR	8-2-1	S/PV. 664 para 69	S/3188 + Corr.1	The Arab-Israeli Dispute (Suez Canal)
	January 22	USSR	7-2-2	S/PV. 656 para 135	S/3151/Rev.2	Palestinian Question (Jordan River)
1953	no vetoes
1952
	September 19	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 603 para 64	S/2758	Application for Membership (Cambodia)
	September 19	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 603 para 65	S/2759	Application for Membership (Laos)
	September 19	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 603 para 66	S/2760	Application for Membership (Viet-nam)
	September 18	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 603 para 73	S/2754	Application for Membership (Japan)
	September 16	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 600 para 97	S/2483	Application for Membership (Libya)
	July 9	USSR	9-1-1	S/PV. 590 para 17	S/2688	Request for Investigation of Alleged Bacterial Warfare
	July 3	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 587 para 16	S/2671	Request for Investigation of Alleged Bacterial Warfare
	February 6	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 573 para 105	S/2443	Application for Membership (Italy)
1951	no vetoes
1950
	November 30	USSR	8-1-1 India didn't participate	S/PV. 530 p.25	S/1894 as a whole	Complaint of Agression against the Republic of Korea
	November 30	USSR	9-1-0 India didn't participate	S/PV. 530 p.24	S/1894 Part 2 and S/PV. 530 pp. 22-23	Complaint of Agression against the Republic of Korea
	November 30	USSR	9-1-0 India didn't participate	S/PV. 530 p.23-4	S/1894 First 3 preambular paras and S/PV. 530 pp. 22-23	Complaint of Agression against the Republic of Korea
	September 12	USSR	7-1-2 China didn't participate	S/PV. 501 p. 28	S/1752	Complaint by China regarding Bombing
	September 6	USSR	9-1-1	S/PV. 496 pp. 18-19	S/1653	Complaint of Agression against
1949
	December 13	USSR	8-2-1	S/PV. 456 pp. 33-34	S/1431 Second Part	Indonesian Question
	December 13	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 456 pp. 33-34	S/1431 First Part	Indonesian Question
	October 18	USSR	8-2-1	S/PV. 452 pp. 22-23	S/1408/Rev.1	Regulation and Reduction of Armaments
	October 18	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 452 para 202	S/1399/Rev.1	Proposal of the Commission on Conventional Armaments
	October 11	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 450 p. 14	S/1398	Proposal of the Commission on Conventional Armaments
	September 13	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 443 p. 33	S/1337	Application for Membership (Ceylon)
	September 13	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 443 p. 33	S/1336	Application for Membership (Austria)
	September 13	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 443 para 32	S/1335	Application for Membership (Ireland)
	September 13	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 443 p. 32	S/1334	Application for Membership (Finland)
	September 13	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 443 pp. 31-32	S/1333	Application for Membership (Italy)
	September 13	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 443 p. 30	S/1332	Application for Membership (Transjordan)
	September 13	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 443 p. 28	S/1331	Application for Membership (Portugal)
	September 7	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 439 p. 16	S/1385	Application for Membership (Nepal)
	April 8	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 423 p.15	S/1305	Application for Membership (Republic of Korea)
1948
	December 15	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 384 p. 39	S/PV. 384 p. 39	Application for Membership (Ceylon)
	October 25	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 372 p. 14	S/1048 S/PV. 370 pp. 5-6	Berlin Blockade
	August 18	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 351 p. 22	S/PV. 351 pp. 21- 22	Application for Membership (Ceylon)
	June 22	USSR	8-2-1	S/PV. 325 p. 12	S/PV. 325 p. 11	Reports from the Atomic Energy Committee
	May 24	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 303 pp. 28-29	S/PV. 303 pp. 28-29	Question of Czechoslovakia
	May 24	USSR	8-2-1	S/PV. 303 pp. 19-21	S/PV. 303 pp. 19-21	Question of Czechoslovakia
	April 10	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 279 pp. 15-16	S/PV. 279 pp. 15-16	Application for Membership (Italy)
1947
	October 1	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 206 p. 2476	S/PV. 206 p. 2476	Application for Membership (Finland)
	October 1	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 206 p. 2476	S/PV. 206 p. 2476	Application for Membership (Italy)
	September 15	USSR	8-2-1	S/PV. 202 p. 2400	US challenged the President's ruling	Greek Frontier Incidents
	September 15	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 202 pp. 2399-2400	S/PV. 202 p. 2369 US Draft Resolution	Greek Frontier Incidents
	August 25	France	7-2-2	S/PV. 194 pp. 2199-2200	S/514 Australian-Chinese Resolution	Indonesian Question
	August 21	USSR	8-1-2	S/PV. 190 pp. 2130-2131	S/PV. 190 pp. 2130-2131	Application for Membership (Australia)
	August 21	USSR	9-1-1	S/PV. 190 p. 2127	S/PV. 190 p. 2127	Application for Membership (Italy)
	August 19	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 188 pp. 2098-2099	S/486 and S/PV. 188 p. 2098	Greek Frontier Incidents
	August 19	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 188 p. 2094	S/471+ Add.1 and S/PV. 188 pp. 2093-2094	Greek Frontier Incidents
	August 18	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 186 pp. 2041-2045	S/PV. 186 pp. 2041-2045	Application for Membership (Portugal)
	August 18	USSR	9-1-1	S/PV. 186 pp. 2041-2045	S/PV. 186 pp. 2041-2045	Application for Membership (Ireland)
	August 18	USSR	9-1-1	S/PV. 186 pp. 2041-2045	S/PV. 186 pp. 2041-2045	Application for Membership (Transjordan)
	July 29	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 170 p. 1612	S/PV. 170 p. 1602-1611	Greek Frontier Incidents
	March 25	USSR	7-2-1 UK didn't participate	S/PV. 122 pp. 608-609	S/PV. 122 pp. 608-609	Incidents in the Corfu Channel
1946
	September 20	USSR	8-2-1	S/PV. 70 p. 412	S/PV. 70 p. 412	Ukrainian Complaint against Greece
	August 29	USSR	8-2-1	S/PV. 57 p. 139	S/PV. 57 p. 139	Application for Membership (Portugal)
	August 29	USSR	8-2-1	S/PV. 57 p. 139	S/PV. 57 p. 139	Application for Membership (Ireland)
	August 29	USSR	8-2-1	S/PV. 57 p. 138	S/PV. 57 p. 139	Application for Membership (Transjordan)
	June 26	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 49 p. 446	S/PV. 49 p. 444	Spanish Question
	June 26	France, USSR	8-2-1	S/PV. 49 pp. 421-422	S/PV. 49 p. 421	Spanish Question
	June 26	USSR	9-2-0	S/PV. 49 pp. 413-424	S/PV. 49 p. 401	Spanish Question
	June 18	USSR	9-1-1	S/PV. 47 p. 379	S/PV. 45 p. 326 Australian Resolution	Spanish Question
	June 18	USSR	9-1-1	S/PV. 47 p. 379	S/PV. 45 p. 348 UK Amendment para (c)	Spanish Question
	June 18	USSR	9-1-1	S/PV. 47 p. 379	S/PV. 45 p. 348 UK Amendment para (b)	Spanish Question
	June 18	USSR	10-1-0	S/PV. 47 p. 378	S/PV. 45 p. 326 para (a)	Spanish Question
	February 16	USSR	7-1-1 France, UK didn't participate	S/PV. 23 pp. 367-368	S/PV. 22 pp. 332-333	Syrian-Lebanese Question

*Table and Research by Celine Nahory, Giji Gya and Misaki Watanabe

Only a minority of vetoes have been cast in cases where vital international security issues were at stake. 59 vetoes have been cast to block admission of member states. Additionally, 43 vetoes have been used to block nominees for Secretary General, although these vetoes were cast during closed sessions of the Council and are not included in the table above.

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Table of the veto (1945-present)
Use of the veto in proportion to all resolutions (to 1992)

Articles on the Veto

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