101 American Vetoes in the UNSC since 1972
|
Security Council since 1972. 1972 UN condemns Israel for killing hundreds of people in Syria and Lebanon in air raids. VETOED 1973 UN affirms the rights of the Palestinians and calls on Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories. VETOED 1976 UN condemns Israel for attacking Lebanese civilians. VETOED
VETOED 1976 UN calls for self determination for the Palestinians. VETOED
1976 UN affirms the rights of the Palestinians. VETOED 1978 UN urges the permanent members (USA, USSR, UK, France, China) to > insure United Nations decisions on the maintenance of international peace > and security. VETOED 1978 UN criticises the living conditions of the Palestinians. VETOED 1978 UN condemns the Israeli human rights record in occupied territories. VETOED 1978 UN calls for developed countries to increase the quantity and quality of development assistance to underdeveloped countries. VETOED 1979 UN calls for an end to all military and nuclear collaboration with the apartheid South Africa. VETOED 1979 UN proposes a strengthened arms embargo against South Africa. VETOED 1979 UN offers assistance to all the oppressed people of South Africa and their liberation movement. VETOED 1979 UN supports negotiations on disarmament and cessation of the nuclear arms race. VETOED 1979 UN calls for the return of all inhabitants expelled by Israel. VETOED
1979 UN demands that Israel desist from human rights violations. VETOED 1979 UN requests a report on the living conditions of Palestinians in occupied Arab countries. VETOED 1979 UN offers assistance to the Palestinian people. VETOED 1979 UN discusses sovereignty over national resources in occupied Arab territories. VETOED 1979 UN calls for protection of developing countries' exports. VETOED 1979 UN calls for alternative approaches within the United Nations system for improving the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms. VETOED > > 1979 UN opposes support for intervention in the internal or external affairs of states. > > VETOED > > 1979 UN calls for a United Nations Conference on Women. > > VETOED > > 1979 UN wishes to include Palestinian women in the United Nations > Conference on Women. > > VETOED 1979 UN wishes to safeguard rights of developing countries in multinational trade negotiations. > > VETOED > > 1980 UN requests Israel to return displaced persons. > > VETOED > > 1980 UN condemns Israeli policy regarding the living conditions of the Palestinian people. > > VETOED > > 1980 UN condemns Israeli human rights practices in occupied territories. 3 resolutions. > > VETOED > > 1980 UN affirms the right of self determination for the Palestinians. > > VETOED > > 1980 UN offers assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement. > > VETOED > > 1980 UN attempts to establish a New International Economic Order to promote the growth of underdeveloped countries and international economic co-operation. > > VETOED 1980 UN endorses the Program of Action for Second Half of United Nations Decade for Women. > > VETOED 1980 UN declaration of non-use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear > > states. > > VETOED 1980 UN emphasises that the development of nations and individuals is a human right. > > VETOED > > 1980 UN calls for the cessation of all nuclear test explosions. > > VETOED > > 1980 UN calls for the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. > > VETOED > > 1981 UN promotes co-operative movements in developing countries. > > VETOED > > 1981 UN 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. > > VETOED 1981 UN condemns activities of foreign economic interests in colonial territories. > > VETOED > > 1981 UN calls for the cessation of all test explosions of nuclear weapons. > > VETOED > > 1981 UN calls for action in support of measures to prevent nuclear war, curb the arms race and promote disarmament. > > VETOED > > 1981 UN urges negotiations on prohibition of chemical and biological weapons. > > VETOED > > 1981 UN declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development, etc, are human rights. > > VETOED > > 1981 UN condemns South Africa for attacks on neighbouring states, condemns apartheid and attempts to strengthen sanctions. 7 resolutions. > > VETOED > > 1981 UN condemns an attempted coup by South Africa on the Seychelles. > > VETOED > > 1981 UN condemns Israel's treatment of the Palestinians, human rights policies, and the bombing of Iraq. 18 resolutions. > > VETOED > > 1982 UN condemns the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. 6 resolutions (1982 to 1983). > > VETOED > > 1982 UN condemns the shooting of 11 Muslims at a shrine in Jerusalem by an Israeli soldier. > > VETOED > > 1982 UN calls on Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights (occupied since 1967). > > VETOED 1982 UN condemns apartheid and calls for the cessation of economic aid to South Africa. 4 resolutions. > > VETOED > > 1982 UN calls for the setting up of a World Charter for the protection of the ecology. > > VETOED > > 1982 UN to set up a United Nations conference on succession of states in respect to state property, archives and debts. > > VETOED > > 1982 UN to set up nuclear test bans and negotiations and nuclear free outer space. 3 resolutions. > > VETOED > > 1982 UN supports a new world information and communications order. > > VETOED > > 1982 UN prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons. > > VETOED > > 1982 UN development of international law. > > VETOED > > 1982 UN to protect against products harmful to health and the environment > > VETOED > > 1982 UN declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development are human rights. > > VETOED > > 1982 UN protects against products harmful to health and the environment. > > VETOED > > 1982 UN development of the energy resources of developing countries. > > VETOED > > 1983 UN resolutions about apartheid, nuclear arms, economics, and international law. 15 resolutions. > > VETOED > > 1984 UN condemns support of South Africa in its Namibian and other policies. > > VETOED > > 1984 UN urges international action to eliminate apartheid. > > VETOED > > 1984 UN condemns Israel for occupying and attacking southern Lebanon. > > VETOED > > 1984 UN resolutions about apartheid, nuclear arms, economics, and international law. 18 resolutions. > > VETOED 1985 UN condemns Israel for occupying and attacking southern Lebanon. > > VETOED > > 1985 UN condemns Israel for using excessive force in the occupied territories. > > VETOED > > 1985 UN resolutions about co-operation, human rights, trade and development.3 resolutions. > > VETOED > > 1985 UN outlines measures to be taken against Nazi, Fascist and neo-Fascist activities . > > VETOED > > 1986 UN calls on all governments (including the USA) to observe international law. > > VETOED > > 1986 UN to impose economic and military sanctions against South Africa. > > VETOED > > 1986 UN condemns Israel for its actions against Lebanese civilians. > > VETOED > > 1986 UN calls on Israel to respect Muslim holy places. > > VETOED > > 1986 UN condemns Israel for sky-jacking a Libyan airliner. > > VETOED > > 1986 UN resolutions about co-operation, security, human rights, trade, media bias, the environment and development. 8 resolutions. > > VETOED > > 1987 UN calls on Israel to abide by the Geneva Conventions in its treatment of the Palestinians. > > VETOED > > 1987 UN calls on Israel to stop deporting Palestinians. > > VETOED > > 1987 UN condemns Israel for its actions in Lebanon. 2 resolutions. > > VETOED > > 1987 UN calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon. > > VETOED > > 1987 UN urges co-operation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States. > > VETOED > > 1987 UN 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. > > VETOED > > 1987 UN urges 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 for national liberation. > > VETOED > > 1987 UN resolutions concerning journalism, international debt and trade- 3 resolutions. > > VETOED > > 1987 UN opposition to the build up of weapons in space. > > VETOED > > 1987 UN opposition to the development of new weapons of mass destruction. > > VETOED > > 1987 UN opposition to nuclear testing. 2 resolutions. > > VETOED > > 1987 UN proposal to set up South Atlantic "Zone of Peace". > > VETOED > > 1988 UN condemns Israeli practices against Palestinians in the occupied territories. 5 resolutions (1988 and 1989). > > VETOED > > 1989 UN condemns USA invasion of Panama. > > VETOED > > 1989 UN condemns USA troops for ransacking the residence of the Nicaraguan ambassador in Panama. > > VETOED > > 1989 UN condemns USA support for the Contra army in Nicaragua. > > VETOED > > 1989 UN condemns illegal USA embargo of Nicaragua. > > VETOED > > 1989 UN opposes the acquisition of territory by force. > > VETOED > > 1989 UN calling for a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict based on earlier > > UN resolutions. > > VETOED > > 1990 UN to send three UN Security Council observers to the occupied territories. > > VETOED > > 1995 UN affirms that land in East Jerusalem annexed by Israel is occupied territory. > > VETOED > > 1997 UN calls on Israel to cease building settlements in East Jerusalem and other occupied territories. 2 resolutions. > > VETOED > > 1999 UN calls on the USA to end its trade embargo on
Cuba. 8 resolutions (1992 to 1999). > > 2001 UN to send unarmed monitors to the West Bank and
the Gaza Strip. >2001 UN to set up the International Criminal Court.1> > > > 2002 UN to renew the peace keeping mission in Bosnia. VETOED
> > During the eighties, the UN was concerned with Saddam
Hussein's use of chemical weapons. Thus, on 3/21/1986, the Security
Council President, -the United States voted AGAINST the issuing of this statement. |
|
|||||||||||
| © 2001 R. Lawson & BatchTarget Ltd | This page was last updated on 11.03.03 |