This is a list of United Nations Security Council Resolutions that have been vetoed by one of the five permanent members of the Security Council since 16 February 1946.
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Resolutions
edit| Date[2] | Draft[2] | Meeting record[2] | Agenda item[2] | Vetoing permanent member[2] |
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| 20 November 2024 | S/2024/835 | S/PV.9790 | The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question (Israel–Hamas war) |  United States
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| 18 November 2024 | S/2024/826 | S/PV.9786 | Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan |  Russia
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| 24 April 2024 | S/2024/302 | S/PV.9616 | Non-proliferation (see also: Outer Space Treaty) | Russia
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| 18 April 2024 | S/2024/312 | S/PV.9609 | Admission of new Members Palestine (State of Palestine) | United States
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| 28 March 2024 | S/2024/255 | S/PV.9591 | Non-proliferation/Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Russia
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| 22 March 2024 | S/2024/239 | S/PV.9584 | The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question (Israel–Hamas war) |  China Russia
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| 20 February 2024 | S/2024/173 | S/PV.9552 | The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question (Israel–Hamas war) | United States
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| 8 December 2023 | S/2023/970 | S/PV.9499 | The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question (Israel–Hamas war) | United States
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| 25 October 2023 | S/2023/792 | S/PV.9453 | The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question (Israel–Hamas war) | China Russia
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| 18 October 2023 | S/2023/773 | S/PV.9442 | The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question (Israel–Hamas war) | United States
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| 30 August 2023 | S/2023/638 | S/PV.9408 | The situation in Mali | Russia
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| 11 July 2023 | S/2023/506 | S/PV.9371 | The situation in the Middle East | Russia
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| 30 September 2022 | S/2022/720 | S/PV.9143 | Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine | Russia
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| 8 July 2022 | S/2022/538 | S/PV.9087 | The situation in the Middle East | Russia
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| 26 May 2022 | S/2022/431 | S/PV.9048 | Non-proliferation/Democratic People's Republic of Korea | China Russia
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| 25 February 2022 | S/2022/155 | S/PV.8979 | Letter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2014/136). (Russian invasion of Ukraine) | Russia
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| 13 December 2021 | S/2021/990 | S/PV.8926 | Maintenance of international peace and security: Climate and security | Russia
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| 31 August 2020 | S/2020/852 | S/2020/870 S/2020/865 |
Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist attacks | United States
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| 10 July 2020 | S/2020/667 | S/2020/693 S/2020/681 |
Humanitarian access to Syria | China Russia
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| 7 July 2020 | S/2020/654 | S/2020/661 S/2020/657 |
Humanitarian access to Syria | China Russia
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| 20 December 2019 | S/2019/961 | S/PV.8697 | Humanitarian access to Syria (via borders with Iraq and Turkey) | China Russia
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| 19 September 2019 | S/2019/756 | S/PV.8623 | The situation in the Middle East (concerning the Northwestern Syria offensive, part of the ongoing Syrian civil war) | China Russia
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| 28 February 2019 | S/2019/186 | S/PV.8476 | The situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (concerning the Venezuelan presidential crisis and the results of the 2018 presidential election) | China Russia
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| 1 June 2018 | S/2018/516 | S/PV.8274 | Middle East situation, including the Palestinian question (concerning the 2018 Gaza border protests) | United States
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| 10 April 2018 | S/2018/321 | S/PV.8228 | The Situation in the Middle East (Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War) | Russia
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| 26 February 2018 | S/2018/156 | S/PV.8190 | Sanctions against Yemen (Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)) | Russia
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| 18 December 2017 | S/2017/1060 | S/PV.8139 | Middle East situation, including the Palestinian question (concerning the United States recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital) | United States
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| 17 November 2017 | S/2017/970 | S/PV.8107 | Middle East (Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War) | Russia
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| 16 November 2017 | S/2017/962 | S/PV.8105 | Middle East (Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War) | Russia
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| 24 October 2017 | S/2017/884 | S/PV.8073 | Middle East (Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War) | Russia
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| 12 April 2017 | S/2017/315 | S/PV.7922 | Middle East (Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War) | Russia
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| 28 February 2017 | S/2017/172 | S/PV.7893 | Middle East (Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War) | China Russia
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| 5 December 2016 | S/2016/1026 | S/PV.7825 | Middle East (Syrian civil war) | China Russia
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| 8 October 2016 | S/2016/846 | S/PV.7785 | Middle East (Syrian civil war) | Russia
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| 29 July 2015 | S/2015/562 | S/PV.7498 | Letter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2014/136). (downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH 17) | Russia
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| 8 July 2015 | S/2015/508 | S/PV.7481 | The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian War) | Russia
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| 22 May 2014 | S/2014/348 | S/PV.7180 | Middle East – Syria (Syrian civil war) | China Russia
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| 15 March 2014 | S/2014/189 | S/PV.7138 | Letter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2014/136). (concerning the Russian annexation of the Crimean peninsula) | Russia
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| 19 July 2012 | S/2012/538 | S/PV.6810 | Middle East – Syria (Syrian civil war) | China Russia
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| 4 February 2012 | S/2012/77 | S/PV.6711 | Middle East – Syria (Syrian civil war) | China Russia
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| 4 October 2011 | S/2011/612 | S/PV.6627 | Middle East – Syria (Syrian civil war) | China Russia
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| 18 February 2011 | S/2011/24 | S/PV.6484 | Middle East situation, including the Palestinian question (concerning Israeli settlements) | United States
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| 15 June 2009 | S/2009/310 | S/PV.6143 | Georgia (Russo-Georgian War) | Russia
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| 11 July 2008 | S/2008/447 | S/PV.5933 | Peace and Security – Africa (Zimbabwe) (conflict surrounding 2008 Zimbabwean general election) | China Russia
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| 12 January 2007 | S/2007/14 | S/PV.5619 | Myanmar (concerning Military junta rule preluding the Saffron Revolution) | China Russia
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| 11 November 2006 | S/2006/878 | S/PV.5565 | Middle East situation, including the Palestinian question (concerning the 2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun and Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel) | United States
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| 13 July 2006 | S/2006/508 | S/PV.5418 | Middle East situation, including the Palestinian question (concerning the 2006 Hezbollah cross-border raid and the start of the 2006 Lebanon War) | United States
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| 5 October 2004 | S/2004/783 | S/PV.5051 | Middle East situation, including the Palestinian question (concerning the Second Intifada) | United States
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| 21 April 2004 | S/2004/313 | S/PV.4947 | Cyprus (Cyprus dispute and the Annan Plan for Cyprus) | Russia
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| 25 March 2004 | S/2004/240 | S/PV.4934 | Middle East situation, including the Palestinian question (concerning the Second Intifada) | United States
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| 14 October 2003 | S/2003/980 | S/PV.4842 | The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question (concerning the Second Intifada) | United States
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| 16 September 2003 | S/2003/891 | S/PV.4828 | The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question (concerning the Second Intifada) | United States
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| 20 December 2002 | S/2002/1385 | S/PV.4681 | The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question (concerning the Second Intifada) | United States
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| 30 June 2002 | S/2002/712 | S/PV.4563 | The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (concerning the Dayton Agreement which ended the Bosnian War) | United States
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| 14-15 December 2001 | S/2001/1199 | S/PV.4438 | The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question (concerning the Second Intifada) | United States
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| 27-28 March 2001 | S/2001/270 | S/PV.4305 | The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question (concerning the Second Intifada) | United States
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| 25 February 1999 | S/1999/201 | S/PV.3982 | The situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (the effect of the Kosovo War on Macedonia which eventually led to 2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia) | China
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| 21 March 1997 | S/1997/241 | S/PV.3756 | The situation in the occupied Arab territories (Israeli settlements, specifically Har Homa) | United States
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| 7 March 1997 | S/1997/199 | S/PV.3747 | The situation in the occupied Arab territories (Israeli settlements, specifically Har Homa) | United States
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| 10 January 1997 | S/1997/18 | S/PV.3730 | Central America: efforts towards peace (the Guatemalan Peace Process 1994-1996 ending the Guatemalan Civil War) | China
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| 17 May 1995 | S/1995/394 | S/PV.3538 | The situation in the occupied Arab territories (Israeli settlements) | United States
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| 2 December 1994 | S/1994/1358 | S/PV.3475 | The situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Yugoslav Wars, mainly the Bosnian War) | Russia
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| 11 May 1993 | S/25693 | S/PV.3211 | The situation in Cyprus (United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus concerning the Cyprus dispute) |  Russia
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| 31 May 1990 | S/21326 | S/PV.2926 | The situation in the occupied Arab territories (First Intifada) | United States
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| 17 January 1990 | S/21084 | S/PV.2905 | Letter dated 3 January 1990 from Nicaragua to the President of the Security Council (concerning the violation of the diplomatic status of the Nicaraguan Embassy in Panama by U.S. Special Forces during the United States invasion of Panama) | United States
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| 23 December 1989 | S/21048 | S/PV.2902 | The situation in Panama (United States invasion of Panama) |  France United Kingdom United States
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| 7 November 1989 | S/20945/Rev.1 | S/PV.2889 | The situation in the occupied Arab territories (First Intifada) | United States
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| 9 June 1989 | S/20677 | S/PV.2867 | The situation in the occupied Arab territories (First Intifada) | United States
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| 17 February 1989 | S/20463 | S/PV.2850 | The situation in the occupied Arab territories (First Intifada) | United States
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| 11 January 1989 | S/20378 | S/PV.2841 | Letters dated 4 January 1989 from Libya and Bahrain to the President of the Security Council (1989 air battle near Tobruk involving the United States and Libya) | France United Kingdom United States
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| 14 December 1988 | S/20322 | S/PV.2832 | The situation in the Middle East (Israeli–Lebanese conflict) | United States
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| 10 May 1988 | S/19868 | S/PV.2814 | The situation in the Middle East (Israeli–Lebanese conflict) | United States
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| 15 April 1988 | S/19780 | S/PV.2806 | The situation in the occupied Arab territories (First Intifada) | United States
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| 8 March 1988 | S/19585 | S/PV.2797 | The question of South Africa (Apartheid and South African Border War) | United Kingdom United States
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| 1 February 1988 | S/19466 | S/PV.2790 | The situation in the occupied Arab territories (First Intifada) | United States
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| 18 January 1988 | S/19434 | S/PV.2784 | The situation in the Middle East (Israeli–Lebanese conflict) | United States
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| 9 April 1987 | S/18785 | S/PV.2747 | The situation in Namibia (South African Border War) | United Kingdom United States
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| 20 February 1987 | S/18705 | S/PV.2738 | The question of South Africa (Apartheid and South African Border War) | United Kingdom United States
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| 28 October 1986 | S/18428 | S/PV.2718 | Letter dated 17 October 1986 from Nicaragua to the President of the Security Council (Nicaragua v. United States about United States support for the Contras) | United States
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| 31 July 1986 | S/18250 | S/PV.2704 | Letter dated 22 July 1986 from Nicaragua to the President of the Security Council (Nicaragua v. United States about United States support for the Contras) | United States
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| 18 June 1986 | S/18163 | S/PV.2693 | Complaint by Angola against South Africa (Angolan Civil War) | United Kingdom United States
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| 23 May 1986 | S/18087/Rev.1 | S/PV.2686 | The situation in Southern Africa (South African Border War) | United Kingdom United States
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| 21 April 1986 | S/18016/Rev.1 | S/PV.2682 | Letters dated 15 April 1986 from Libya, Burkina Faso, Syria and Oman to the President of the Security Council (1986 United States bombing of Libya) | France United Kingdom United States
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| 6 February 1986 | S/17796/Rev.1 | S/PV.2655 | Letter dated 4 February 1986 from Syria to the President of the Security Council (Israel intercepts Libyan plane) | United States
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| 30 January 1986 | S/17769/Rev.1 | S/PV.2650 | The situation in the occupied Arab territories (Positions on Jerusalem) | United States
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| 17 January 1986 | S/17730/Rev.2 | S/PV.2642 | The situation in the Middle East (Israeli–Lebanese conflict) | United States
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| 15 November 1985 | S/17633 | S/PV.2629 | The situation in Namibia (Transitional Government of National Unity (Namibia) and the South African Border War) | United Kingdom United States
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| 13 September 1985 | S/17459 | S/PV.2605 | The situation in the occupied Arab territories | United States
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| 12 March 1985 | S/17000 | S/PV.2573 | The situation in the Middle East (1982 Lebanon War) | United States
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| 6 September 1984 | S/16732 | S/PV.2556 | The situation in the Middle East (1982 Lebanon War) | United States
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| 4 April 1984 | S/16463 | S/PV.2529 | Letter dated 29 March 1984 from Nicaragua to the President of the Security Council (Foreign interference, including the mining of harbors in the Contra War) | United States
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| 29 February 1984 | S/16351/Rev.2 | S/PV.2519 | The situation in the Middle East (1982 Lebanon War) |  Soviet Union
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| 27-28 October 1983 | S/16077/Rev.1 | S/PV.2491 | The situation in Grenada (United States-led Invasion of Grenada and the events leading up to it) | United States
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| 12 September 1983 | S/15966/Rev.1 | S/PV.2476 | Letters dated 1 September 1983 from the US, the Republic of Korea, Canada and Japan to the President of the Security Council and Letter dated 2 September 1983 from Australia to the President of the Security Council (Soviet shooting down of commercial Korean Air Lines Flight 007) | Soviet Union
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| 2 August 1983 | S/15895 | S/PV.2461 | The situation in the occupied Arab territories | United States
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| 6 August 1982 | S/15347/Rev.1 | S/PV.2391 | The situation in the Middle East (1982 Lebanon War) | United States
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| 26 June 1982 | S/15255/Rev.2 | S/PV.2381 | The situation in the Middle East (1982 Lebanon War) | United States
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| 8 June 1982 | S/15185 | S/PV.2377 | The situation in the Middle East (1982 Lebanon War) | United States
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| 4 June 1982 | S/15156/Rev.2 | S/PV.2373 | Question concerning the situation in the region of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) (Falklands War) | United Kingdom United States
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| 20 April 1982 | S/14985 | S/PV.2357 | The situation in the occupied Arab territories (status of Jerusalem) | United States
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| 2 April 1982 | S/14943 | S/PV.2348 | The situation in the occupied Arab territories | United States
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| 2 April 1982 | S/14941 | S/PV.2347 | Letter dated 19 March 1982 from Nicaragua to the Secretary-General (Foreign interference in the Contra War) | United States
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| 20 January 1982 | S/14832/Rev.1 | S/PV.2329 | The situation in the occupied Arab territories (Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights) | United States
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| 31 August 1981 | S/14664/Rev.2 | S/PV.2300 | Complaint by Angola against South Africa (Angolan Civil War) | United States
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| 30 April 1981 | S/14459 | S/PV.2277 | The situation in Namibia (South African Border War) | France United Kingdom United States
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| 30 April 1980 | S/13911 | S/PV.2220 | The question of the exercise by the Palestinian people of its inalienable rights (Israeli–Palestinian conflict) | United States
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| 11-13 January 1980 | S/13735 | S/PV.2191 | Letters dated 22 December 1979 from the US to the President of the Security Council US and Iran hostage question | Soviet Union
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| 7-9 January 1980 | S/13729 | S/PV.2190 | Letter dated 3 January 1980 from 52 countries to the President of the Security Council (Soviet–Afghan War) | Soviet Union
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| 16 March 1979 | S/13162 | S/PV.2129 | The situation in South-East Asia and its implications for international peace and security China and Viet Nam border dispute (Cambodian–Vietnamese War and the responding Sino-Vietnamese War) | Soviet Union
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| 15 January 1979 | S/13027 | S/PV.2112 | Telegram dated 3 January 1979 from Democratic Kampuchea to the President of the Security Council (Cambodian–Vietnamese War) | Soviet Union
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| 31 October 1977 | S/12310/Rev.1 | S/PV.2045 | The question of South Africa (Apartheid, the South African Border War, and South Africa's Nuclear Weapons program) | France United Kingdom United States
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| 15 November 1976 | S/12226 | S/PV.1972 | Admission of new Members Viet Nam (Socialist Republic of Viet Nam) | United States
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| 19 October 1976 | S/12211 | S/PV.1963 | The situation in Namibia (South African Border War) | France United Kingdom United States
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| 29 June 1976 | S/12119 | S/PV.1938 | The question of the exercise by the Palestinian people of its inalienable rights (Israeli–Palestinian conflict and Arab–Israeli conflict) | United States
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| 23 June 1976 | S/12110 | S/PV.1932 | Admission of new Members Angola (People's Republic of Angola) | United States
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| 25 March 1976 | S/12022 | S/PV.1899 | Request by Libya and Pakistan for consideration of the serious situation arising from recent developments in the occupied Arab territories (Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the status of Jerusalem, and Israeli-occupied territories after the Six-Day War) | United States
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| 6 February 1976 | S/11967 | S/PV.1888 | The situation in the Comoros (regarding France's sovereignty over the island of Mayotte, the 1974 independence referendum, and the upcoming 1976 referendum) | France
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| 26 January 1976 | S/11940 | S/PV.1879 | The Middle East problem including the Palestinian question (concerning the Palestinian right of return and Israeli-occupied territories after the Six-Day War) | United States
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| 8 December 1975 | S/11898 | S/PV.1862 | The situation in the Middle East (Israeli–Lebanese conflict) | United States
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| 30 September 1975 | S/11832 | S/PV.1846 | Admission of new Members Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam (North Vietnam) and Republic of South Viet-Nam (South Vietnam) | United States
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| 11 August 1975 | S/11795 | S/PV.1836 | Admission of new Members Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam (North Vietnam) and Republic of South Viet-Nam (South Vietnam) | United States
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| 6 June 1975 | S/11713 | S/PV.1829 | The situation in Namibia (South African Border War) | France United Kingdom United States
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| 30 October 1974 | S/11543 | S/PV.1808 | Relationship between the UN and South Africa (Apartheid and the South African Border War) | France United Kingdom United States
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| 31 July 1974 | as amended S/11400 | S/PV.1788 | The situation in Cyprus (Turkish invasion of Cyprus) | Soviet Union
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| 26 July 1973 | S/10974 | S/PV.1735 | The situation in the Middle East (Israeli–Palestinian conflict and Israeli-occupied territories after the Six-Day War) | United States
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| 22 May 1973 | S/10928 | S/PV.1716 | Question concerning the situation in Southern Rhodesia (South African and Portuguese involvement in the Rhodesian Bush War) | United Kingdom United States
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| 21 March 1973 | S/10931/Rev.1 | S/PV.1704 | Consideration of measures for the maintenance and strengthening of peace and security in Latin America (Ownership of the Panama Canal per the 1903 Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty and increasing desire for Panamanian ownership) | United States
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| 29 September 1972 | as amended S/10805/Rev.1 | S/PV.1666 | Question concerning the situation in Southern Rhodesia (Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence and the Rhodesian Bush War) | United Kingdom
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| 10 September 1972 | S/10784 | S/PV.1662 | The situation in the Middle East (1972 Israeli air raid in Syria and Lebanon) | United States
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| 25 August 1972 | S/10771 | S/PV.1660 | Admission of new Members Bangladesh (People's Republic of Bangladesh) | China
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| 4 February 1972 | S/10606 | S/PV.1639 | Consideration of questions relating to Africa of which the Security Council is currently seized and implementation of the council's relevant resolutions the situation in Southern Rhodesia (Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence and the Rhodesian Bush War) | United Kingdom
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| 30 December 1971 | S/10489 | S/PV.1623 | Question concerning the situation in Southern Rhodesia (Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence and the Rhodesian Bush War) | United Kingdom
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| 13 December 1971 | S/10446/Rev.1 | S/PV.1613 | Letter dated 12 December 1971 from the US to the President of the Security Council concerning the India-Pakistan question (Indo-Pakistani War of 1971) | Soviet Union
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| 5 December 1971 | S/10423 | S/PV.1607 | Letter dated 4 December 1971 from Argentina, Belgium, Burundi, Italy, Japan, Nicaragua, Somalia, the UK and the US to the President of the Security Council concerning the India-Pakistan question (Indo-Pakistani War of 1971) | Soviet Union
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| 4 December 1971 | S/10416 | S/PV.1606 | Letter dated 4 December 1971 from Argentina, Belgium, Burundi, Italy, Japan, Nicaragua, Somalia, the UK and the US to the President of the Security Council concerning the India-Pakistan question (Indo-Pakistani War of 1971) | Soviet Union
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| 10 November 1970 | S/9976 | S/PV.1556 | Question concerning the situation in Southern Rhodesia (Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence and the Rhodesian Bush War) | United Kingdom
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| 17 March 1970 | S/9696 | S/PV.1534 | Question concerning the situation in Southern Rhodesia (Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence and the Rhodesian Bush War) | United Kingdom United States
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| 22 August 1968 | S/8761 | S/PV.1443 | Letter dated 21 August 1968 from Canada, Denmark, France, Paraguay, the UK and the US to the President of the Security Council concerning the situation in Czechoslovakia (USSR-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia) | Soviet Union
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| 4 November 1966 | S/7575/Rev.1 | S/PV.1319 | The Palestine question (Syrian and Israeli clashes as part of War over Water (Jordan river)) | Soviet Union
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| 21 December 1964 | as amended S/6113 | S/PV.1182 | The Palestine question (Events of 13 November 1964 as part of War over Water (Jordan river)) | Soviet Union
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| 17 September 1964 | S/5973 | S/PV.1152 | Letter dated 3 September 1964 from Malaysia to the President of the Security Council (the Landing at Labis as part of Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation) | Soviet Union
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| 13 September 1963 | S/5425/Rev.1 | S/PV.1069 | The situation in Southern Rhodesia (legitimacy of the Rhodesian Front government and UK rule in Southern Rhodesia prior to the Rhodesian Bush War) | United Kingdom
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| 3 September 1963 | S/5407 | S/PV.1063 | The Palestine question (the murder of two Israel citizens on 19 August 1963 at Almagor by perpetrators entering from Syria) | Soviet Union
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| 22 June 1962 | S/5134 | S/PV.1016 | The India-Pakistan question (India–Pakistan relations) | Soviet Union
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| 18 December 1961 | S/5033 | S/PV.988 | Letter dated 18 December 1961 from Portugal to the President of the Security Council concerning Goa (armed Annexation of Goa by India) | Soviet Union
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| 30 November 1961 | S/5006 | S/PV.985 | Applications for Membership Kuwait | Soviet Union
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| 7 July 1961 | S/4855 | S/PV.960 | Complaints by Kuwait in respect of the situation arising from the threat by Iraq to the territorial integrity of Kuwait (British military operation to support the newly independent state of Kuwait against territorial claims by Iraq) | Soviet Union
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| 13 December 1960 | S/4578/Rev.1 | S/PV.920 | Letter dated 13 July 1960 from the Secretary-General to the President of the Security Council the situation in the Congo (Congo Crisis) | Soviet Union
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| 3-4 December 1960 | S/4567/Rev.1 | S/PV.911 | Applications for membership Mauritania (Islamic Republic of Mauritania) | Soviet Union
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| 17 September 1960 | S/4523 | S/PV.906 | Letter dated 13 July 1960 from the Secretary-General to the President of the Security Council concerning the situation in the Congo (Congo Crisis) | Soviet Union
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| 26 July 1960 | S/4409/Rev.1 | S/PV.883 | Telegrams dated 13 July 1960 from the USSR to the Secretary-General (Soviet MiG fighter in the Barents Sea shot down a US RB-47 on 1 July 1960) | Soviet Union
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| 26 July 1960 | S/4411 | S/PV.843 | Telegrams dated 13 July 1960 from the USSR to the Secretary-General (Soviet MiG fighter in the Barents Sea shot down a US RB-47 on 1 July 1960) | Soviet Union
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| 9 December 1958 | S/4129/Rev.1 | S/PV.843 | Admission of new Members Republic of Korea (South Korea) and Viet-Nam (Republic of Vietnam) | Soviet Union
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| 22 July 1958 | S/4055/Rev.1 | S/PV.837 | Letter dated 22 May 1958 from Lebanon and Letter dated 17 July 1958 from Jordan to the President of the Security Council Complaints by Lebanon and Jordan concerning the interference in their internal affairs by the United Arab Republic (concerning the 1958 Lebanon crisis) | Soviet Union
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| 18 July 1958 | S/4050/Rev.1 | S/PV.834 | Letter dated 22 May 1958 from Lebanon and Letter dated 17 July 1958 from Jordan to the President of the Security Council Complaints by Lebanon and Jordan concerning the interference in their internal affairs by the United Arab Republic (concerning the 1958 Lebanon crisis) | Soviet Union
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| 2 May 1958 | S/3995 | S/PV.817 | Complaint by USSR in a letter to the President of the Security Council dated 18 April 1958 entitled Urgent measures to put an end to flights by US military aircraft armed with atomic and hydrogen bombs in the direction of the frontiers of the Soviet Union (Operation Head Start) | Soviet Union
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| 9 September 1957 | S/3884 | S/PV.790 | Admission of new Members Republic of Korea (South Korea) and Viet-Nam (Republic of Vietnam) | Soviet Union
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| 20 February 1957 | S/3787 | S/PV.773 | The India-Pakistan question (Kashmir conflict and India–Pakistan relations) | Soviet Union
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| 4 November 1956 | S/3730/Rev.1 | S/PV.754 | Letter dated 27 October 1956 from France, the UK and the US to the President of the Security Council concerning the situation in Hungary (Soviet involvement in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956) | Soviet Union
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| 30 October 1956 | S/3713/Rev.1 | S/PV.750 | Letter dated 29 October 1956 from the US to the President of the Security Council concerning the Palestine question (Suez Crisis) |  France United Kingdom
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| 30 October 1956 | S/3710 | S/PV.749 | Letter dated 29 October 1956 from the US to the President of the Security Council concerning the Palestine question (Suez Crisis) | France United Kingdom
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| 15 December 1955 | S/3510 | S/PV.706 | Admission of new Members Japan | Soviet Union
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| 20 June 1954 | S/3236/Rev.1 | S/PV.675 | Cablegram dated 19 June 1954 from Guatemala to the President of the Security Council (CIA backed 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état) | Soviet Union
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| 18 June 1954 | S/3229 | S/PV.674 | Letter dated 29 May 1954 from Thailand to the President of the Security Council (Viet Minh incursion into Thailand) |  Soviet Union
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| 29 March 1954 | S/3188/Corr.1 | S/PV.664 | The Palestine question (Egypt's non-compliance with Resolution 95) | Soviet Union
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| 22 January 1954 | S/3151/Rev.2 | S/PV.656 | The Palestine question (concerning the DMZ of the Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission) | Soviet Union
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| 19 September 1952 | S/2758 | S/PV.603 | Admission of new Members Cambodia (Kingdom of Cambodia), Laos (Kingdom of Laos), and Vietnam (State of Vietnam) | Soviet Union
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| 18 September 1952 | S/2754 | S/PV.602 | Admission of new Members Japan (Japan) | Soviet Union
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| 16 September 1952 | S/2483 | S/PV.600 | Admission of new Members Libya (Kingdom of Libya) | Soviet Union
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| 9 July 1952 | S/2688 | S/PV.590 | Question of a request for investigation of alleged bacterial warfare (Allegations of biological warfare in the Korean War) | Soviet Union
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| 3 July 1952 | S/2671 | S/PV.587 | Question of a request for investigation of alleged bacterial warfare (Allegations of biological warfare in the Korean War) | Soviet Union
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| 6 February 1952 | S/2443 | S/PV.573 | Admission of new Members Italy | Soviet Union
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| 30 November 1950 | S/1894 | S/PV.530 | Complaint of armed invasion of Taiwan (Formosa); Complaint of aggression upon the Republic of Korea (Korean War) | Soviet Union
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| 12 September 1950 | S/1752 | S/PV.501 | Complaint of bombing by air forces of the territory of China (US mistakenly bombs Chinese airstrip on 27 August 1950 during the Korean War) | Soviet Union
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| 6 September 1950 | S/1653 | S/PV.496 | Complaint of aggression upon the Republic of Korea (Korean War) | Soviet Union
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| 18 October 1949 | S/1399/Rev.1 | S/PV.452 | Regulation and reduction of armaments and armed forces (United Nations Commission on Conventional Armaments) | Soviet Union
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| 11 October 1949 | S/1398 | S/PV.450 | Regulation and reduction of armaments and armed forces (United Nations Commission on Conventional Armaments) | Soviet Union
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| 13 September 1949 | S/1331 | S/PV.443 | Application for Membership Ceylon (Dominion of Ceylon), Finland, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Transjordan (Jordan) | Soviet Union
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| 7 September 1949 | S/1385 | S/PV.439 | Application for Membership Nepal | Soviet Union
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| 8 April 1949 | S/1305 | S/PV.423 | Application for Membership Republic of Korea (South Korea) | Soviet Union
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| 15 December 1948 | S/PV.384 | S/PV.384 | Application for Membership Ceylon (Dominion of Ceylon) | Soviet Union
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| 25 October 1948 | S/1048 | S/PV.372 | Identical notifications dated 29 September 1948 from France, the UK and the US to the Secretary-General (Berlin Blockade) | Soviet Union
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| 18 August 1948 | S/PV.351 | S/PV.351 | Application for Membership Ceylon (Dominion of Ceylon) | Soviet Union
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| 22 June 1948 | S/836 | S/PV.325 | Letter dated 26 May 1948 from the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission to the President of the Security Council transmitting the Third Report of the commission (United Nations Atomic Energy Commission) | Soviet Union
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| 24 May 1948 | S/PV.303 | S/PV.303 | Letter dated 12 Mar 1948 from Chile to the Secretary-General events in Czechoslovakia preliminary question (Soviet backed 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état) | Soviet Union
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| 10 April 1948 | S/PV.279 | S/PV.279 | Application for Membership Italy | Soviet Union
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| 1 October 1947 | S/PV.206 | S/PV.206 | Application for Membership Finland and Italy | Soviet Union
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| 15 September 1947 | S/552 | S/PV.202 | The Greek question concerning the situation in northern Greece (Greek Civil War) | Soviet Union
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| 21 August 1947 | S/PV.190 | S/PV.190 | Application for Membership Austria (Allied-occupied Austria) and Italy | Soviet Union
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| 19 August 1947 | S/486 | S/PV.188 | The Greek question Greek frontier incidents (Greek Civil War concerning neighbors Yugoslavia, Albania, and Bulgaria) | Soviet Union
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| 19 August 1947 | S/471 S/471/Add.1 |
S/PV.188 | The Greek question Greek frontier incidents (Greek Civil War concerning neighbors Yugoslavia, Albania, and Bulgaria) | Soviet Union
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| 18 August 1947 | S/PV.186 | S/PV.186 | Application for Membership Ireland, Portugal, Transjordan (Jordan) | Soviet Union
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| 29 July 1947 | S/PV.170 | S/PV.170 | The Greek question Greek frontier incidents (Greek Civil War concerning neighbors Yugoslavia, Albania, and Bulgaria) | Soviet Union
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| 25 March 1947 | S/PV.122 | S/PV.122 | Incidents in the Corfu Channel | Soviet Union
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| 20 September 1946 | S/PV.70 | S/PV.70 | Telegram dated 24 August 1946 from the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to the Secretary-General. The telegram addresses two issues, the border incidents provoked by the Greek armed forces at the Albanian border, and the aggravation of the situation by the presence of British troops.[3] (Greek Civil War) | Soviet Union
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| 29 August 1946 | S/PV.57 | S/PV.57 | Application for Membership Ireland, Portugal, Transjordan (Jordan) | Soviet Union
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| 26 June 1946 | S/PV.49 | S/PV.49 | The Spanish question (Specifically, the question of actions to be taken with regards to Francoist Spain) | Soviet Union
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| 18 June 1946 | S/PV.45 | S/PV.47 | The Spanish question (Specifically, the question of actions to be taken with regards to Francoist Spain) | Soviet Union
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| 16 February 1946 | S/PV.23 | S/PV.23 | Letter from the Heads of the Lebanese and Syrian delegations to the Secretary-General dated 4 February 1946. The letter was in regard to the withdrawal of French and British troops from their territories.[4][5] | Soviet Union
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Republic of China
editThe lone veto ever cast by the Republic of China, blocking the General Assembly membership of Mongolia, was not its own resolution and does not appear in the above table. Instead, the membership applications of 18 countries were being discussed, and the Soviet Union initially demanded 18 different resolutions in the order they applied (which would place Albania and Mongolia first). Other Security Council members objected, and the President of the Security Council (New Zealand) offered a compromise where all 18 applicants would be in one resolution, but each applicant would be voted on separately as though it were an amendment, followed by a larger vote on the whole resolution.[6][7] The Soviet Union agreed to the compromise on the condition that it was worded so that the General Assembly had to either admit all 18 countries or none of them.[8]
However, after the Republic of China vetoed the amendment containing Mongolia, the Soviet Union cast 13 more vetoes on all the remaining applicants except those in Eastern Europe.[a] The larger vote on the whole resolution, now containing only four Eastern European countries, then failed without veto as the Soviet Union was the only member to vote in favour.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Security Council - Veto List". Dag Hammarskjöld Library Research Guide.
- ^ a b c d e "Security Council – Veto List". Dag Hammarskjöld Library Research Guide.
- ^ D. Manullsky, Minister of Foreign Affair of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (24 August 1946), Telegram from the minister of foreign affairs of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to the Secretary-General of the United Nations (Trygve Lie), United Nations
- ^ Francie H., Khouri F. (4 February 1946). "Letter to the secretary-general from the heads of the Lebanese and Syrian delegations". Letter to Trygve Lie, Secretary-General of the United Nation. United Nations.
- ^ "The Syrian and Lebanese question" (PDF).
- ^ S/PV.701
- ^ S/PV.702
- ^ S/PV.703
- ^ S/PV.704
Notes
edit- ^ The Soviet Union also vetoed amendments for South Korea and South Vietnam, which were not part of the original 18 and were voted on before Albania due to procedural rules.
Further reading
edit- Melling, Graham; Dennett, Anne (2017-12-01). "The Security Council veto and Syria: responding to mass atrocities through the "Uniting for Peace" resolution". Indian Journal of International Law. 57 (3): 285–307. doi:10.1007/s40901-018-0084-9. ISSN 2199-7411.
- Sellen, Keith L. (1992). "The United Nations Security Council veto in the new world order". Military Law Review. 138: 187+.