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Subjects of UN Security Council Vetoes

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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*

 

YearDate of VoteVetoing Member State
Vote
(yes-veto- no or abstain)
SC
Official
Record
Draft
Text No.
Subject
2009
June 15 Russia
10-1-4
S/PV.6143 S/2009/310 on the extension of the UN observer mission's mandate in Georgia and Abkhazia
2008
July 11 China, Russia
9-2-4
S/PV.5933 S/2008/447 condemning the violence by the government of Zimbabwe against civilians after the elections of June 27 and demanding an immediate cease of attacks against and intimidation of opposition members and supporters.
2007
January 12 China, Russia
9-2-4
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/