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Cablegram dated 19 June 1954 from Guatemala to the President of the Security Council (CIA backed 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état) Soviet Union: 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: 29 March 1954: S/3188/Corr.1: S/PV.664
The use of the veto has gone through several distinct phases, reflecting the shifting political balance on the Security Council. From 1946 to 1969, a majority of the Security Council was aligned with the United States, which cast no vetoes because it won every vote.
All resolutions are included in these chronological lists. 1 to 100 (25 January 1946 – 27 October 1953); 101 to 200 (24 November 1953 – 15 March 1965); 201 to 300 (19 March 1965 – 12 October 1971)
The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions. ... where there are no vetoes, approve Palestine becoming the 194th member of the United ...
The 15-member council voted on a resolution put forward by 10 non-permanent members that called for an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" in the 13-month conflict and separately ...
The United States has vetoed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council which called for a humanitarian pause in besieged Gaza – sparking more criticism of political paralysis in the powerful ...
The UN Charter specifies, in Article 27, that decisions of the Security Council shall be made by an affirmative vote of nine members, out of the 15 members of the Security Council. With the exception of purely procedural decisions, all other resolutions adopted by the Security Council can be vetoed by any of the five permanent members. [1]
The council voted overwhelmingly in favor of the resolution — 14 of its 15 members voted “yes” including U.S. allies Britain and France — but it was doomed by the veto.