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Since 1945, when the United Nations was founded, the Soviet Union and Russia have used their veto at the Security Council 120 times, the United States 76 times, Britain 32, France 18 and China only five.
THE VETO RECORD USSR/Russia: 120 vetoes. Only two vetoes since the collapse of the US: 76 vetoes. Blocked 35 resolutions criticising |
For a resolution to be passed, it needs nine votes in favour from the 15 members of the council, five permanent and 10 non-permanent. These nine votes in favour must include the "concurring votes of the permanent members", the charter says.
RUSSIA:
So familiar was a Soviet veto in the early days of the UN that Andrei Gromyko, foreign minister between 1957 and 1985, became known as "Mr Nyet", Mr No.
During the first 10 years of the UN the
The
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the veto has been used by Russia only twice - once in to block a resolution criticising Bosnian Serb forces for denying the UNHCR access to Bihac in Bosnia and once to block a resolution on the finances of UN operations on Cyprus.
Seven of the last nine vetoes at the Security Council have been by the
The most recent, in December 2002, was a draft resolution criticising the killing by Israeli forces of several United Nations employees and the destruction of the World Food Programme warehouse in the
In total, the
The
It has been the lone voice in blocking a resolution 53 times.
Of Britain's 32 vetoes, 23 have been on draft resolutions also vetoed by the
The most recent
The
Thirteen of
Only two resolutions have been vetoed by
In 1946,
Between 1946 and 1971, the Chinese seat at the Security Council was occupied by the Republic of China (
Other vetoes were in 1999 blocking the extension of the mandate of United Nations Preventive Deployment Force in