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  2. United Nations Security Council veto power - Wikipedia

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    The veto power has been criticized for its controversial nature. A single country can prevent a majority of the Security Council from taking any action. For example, the United States routinely casts lone vetoes of resolutions criticizing Israel. [50] The permanent members also veto resolutions that criticize their own actions.

  3. US vetoes UN Security Council resolution on Gaza ceasefire

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    The United States on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza, drawing criticism of the Biden administration for once again blocking international action aimed ...

  4. List of vetoed United Nations Security Council resolutions

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    United States: 6 June 1975: S/11713: S/PV.1829: The situation in Namibia (South African Border War) France United Kingdom United States: 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: 31 July 1974: as amended S/11400: S/PV.1788

  5. US vetoes Security Council's Gaza ceasefire resolution

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    The US has blocked a Gaza ceasefire draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council - the fourth time it has used its veto power during the conflict to shield its ally, Israel.

  6. Draft United Nations resolution on Israeli settlements, 2011

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    The final vote was 14 for and the U.S., whose vote holds veto power, alone was against it. The United States, in voting against a resolution that would have condemned Israeli settlements as illegal, argued that while settlement activity violated international legality, the resolution, if passed, would only harden the positions of both sides ...

  7. Biden admin vetoes UN Security Council draft resolution ...

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    The Biden administration vetoed a one-sided U.N. Security Council draft resolution on Israel on Wednesday. The council voted 14-1 for the draft, but as a permanent member of the body, the U.S. has ...

  8. List of United Nations resolutions concerning Israel - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a number of resolutions stating that Israel's strategic relationship with the United States, a superpower and permanent member of the Security Council with veto power, encourages the former to pursue aggressive and expansionist policies and practices in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. [2]

  9. Why Biden Proposed a UN Ceasefire Resolution That Was Vetoed ...

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    The vetoed resolution also condemned all acts of terrorism including Hamas's Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, rejected any action by Israel that would "reduce the territory of Gaza”, and demanded ...