Non-Turkish Crimes Against Humanity Forum: Use of the Veto on United Nations Resolutions by the USA

In the United Nations, five countries (called the Permanent Members of the Security Council) can veto a United Nations resolution. These five are the USA, the UK, France, Russia (USSR before 1990), and China (Taiwan before 1971). This is a list of resolutions vetoed by the USA.

Year	Resolution Vetoed by the USA
1972	Condemns Israel for killing hundreds of people in Syria and Lebanon in air raids.
1973	Afirms the rights of the Palestinians and calls on Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories.
1976	Condemns Israel for attacking Lebanese civilians.
1976	Condemns Israel for building settlements in the occupied territories.
1976	Calls for self determination for the Palestinians.
1976	Afirms the rights of the Palestinians.
1978	Urges the permanent members (USA, USSR, UK, France, China) to insure United Nations decisions on the maintenance of international peace and security.
1978	Criticises the living conditions of the Palestinians.
1978	Condemns the Israeli human rights record in occupied territories.
1978	Calls for developed countries to increase the quantity and quality of development assistance to underdeveloped countries.
1979	Calls for an end to all military and nuclear collaboration with the apartheid South Africa.
1979	Strengthens the arms embargo against South Africa.
1979	Offers assistance to all the oppressed people of South Africa and their liberation movement.
1979	Concerns negotiations on disarmament and cessation of the nuclear arms race.
1979	Calls for the return of all inhabitants expelled by Israel.
1979	Demands that Israel desist from human rights violations.
1979	Requests a report on the living conditions of Palestinians in occupied Arab countries.
1979	Offers assistance to the Palestinian people.
1979	Discusses sovereignty over national resources in occupied Arab territories.
1979	Calls for protection of developing counties' exports.
1979	Calls for alternative approaches within the United Nations system for improving the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
1979	Opposes support for intervention in the internal or external affairs of states.
1979	For a United Nations Conference on Women.
1979	To include Palestinian women in the United Nations Conference on Women.
1979	Safeguards rights of developing countries in multinational trade negotiations.
1980	Requests Israel to return displaced persons.
1980	Condemns Israeli policy regarding the living conditions of the Palestinian people.
1980	Condemns Israeli human rights practices in occupied territories. 3 resolutions.
1980	Afirms the right of self determination for the Palestinians.
1980	Offers assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement.
1980	Attempts to establish a New International Economic Order to promote the growth of underdeveloped countries and international economic co-operation.
1980	Endorses the Program of Action for Second Half of United Nations Decade for Women.
1980	Declaration of non-use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states.
1980	Emphasises that the development of nations and individuals is a human right.
1980	Calls for the cessation of all nuclear test explosions.
1980	Calls for the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.
1981	Promotes co-operative movements in developing countries.
1981	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.
1981	Condemns activities of foreign economic interests in colonial territories.
1981	Calls for the cessation of all test explosions of nuclear weapons.
1981	Calls for action in support of measures to prevent nuclear war, curb the arms race and promote disarmament.
1981	Urges negotiations on prohibition of chemical and biological weapons.
1981	Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development, etc are human rights.
1981	Condemns South Africa for attacks on neighbouring states, condemns apartheid and attempts to strengthen sanctions. 7 resolutions.
1981	Condemns an attempted coup by South Africa on the Seychelles.
1981	Condemns Israel's treatment of the Palestinians, human rights policies, and the bombing of Iraq. 18 resolutions.
1982	Condemns the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. 6 resolutions (1982 to 1983).
1982	Condemns the shooting of 11 Muslims at a shrine in Jerusalem by an Israeli soldier.
1982	Calls on Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights occupied in 1967.
1982	Condemns apartheid and calls for the cessation of economic aid to South Africa. 4 resolutions.
1982	Calls for the setting up of a World Charter for the protection of the ecology.
1982	Sets up a United Nations conference on succession of states in respect to state property, archives and debts.
1982	Nuclear test bans and negotiations and nuclear free outer space. 3 resolutions.
1982	Supports a new world information and communications order.
1982	Prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons.
1982	Development of international law.
1982	Protects against products harmful to health and the environment .
1982	Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development are human rights.
1982	Protects against products harmful to health and the environment.
1982	Development of the energy resources of developing countries.
1983	Resolutions about apartheid, nuclear arms, economics, and international law. 15 resolutions.
1984	Condemns support of South Africa in its Namibian and other policies.
1984	International action to eliminate apartheid.
1984	Condemns Israel for occupying and attacking southern Lebanon.
1984	Resolutions about apartheid, nuclear arms, economics, and international law. 18 resolutions.
1985	Condemns Israel for occupying and attacking southern Lebanon.
1985	Condemns Israel for using excessive force in the occupied territories.
1985	Resolutions about cooperation, human rights, trade and development. 3 resolutions.
1985	Measures to be taken against Nazi, Fascist and neo-Fascist activities .
1986	Calls on all governments (including the USA) to observe international law.
1986	Imposes economic and military sanctions against South Africa.
1986	Condemns Israel for its actions against Lebanese civilians.
1986	Calls on Israel to respect Muslim holy places.
1986	Condemns Israel for sky-jacking a Libyan airliner.
1986	Resolutions about cooperation, security, human rights, trade, media bias, the environment and development. 8 resolutions.
1987	Calls on Israel to abide by the Geneva Conventions in its treatment of the Palestinians.
1987	Calls on Israel to stop deporting Palestinians.
1987	Condemns Israel for its actions in Lebanon. 2 resolutions.
1987	Calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon.
1987	Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States.
1987	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.
1987	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 from national liberation.
1987	Resolutions concerning journalism, international debt and trade. 3 resolutions.
1987	Opposition to the build up of weapons in space.
1987	Opposition to the development of new weapons of mass destruction.
1987	Opposition to nuclear testing. 2 resolutions.
1987	Proposal to set up South Atlantic "Zone of Peace".
1988	Condemns Israeli practices against Palestinians in the occupied territories. 5 resolutions (1988 and 1989).
1989	Condemns USA invasion of Panama.
1989	Condemns USA troops for ransacking the residence of the Nicaraguan ambassador in Panama.
1989	Condemns USA support for the Contra army in Nicaragua.
1989	Condemns illegal USA embargo of Nicaragua.
1989	Opposing the acquisition of territory by force.
1989	Calling for a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict based on earlier UN resoltions.
1990	To send three UN Security Council observers to the occupied territories.
1995	Afirms that land in East Jerusalem annexed by Israel is occupied territory.
1997	Calls on Israel to cease building settlements in East Jerusalem and other occupied territories. 2 resolutions.
1999	Calls on the USA to end its trade embargo on Cuba. 8 resolutions (1992 to 1999).
2001	To send unarmed monitors to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
2001	To set up the International Criminal Court.
2002	To renew the peace keeping mission in Bosnia.

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