Security Council Vetoes

271 vetoed draft resolutions from 1946 to present, sourced from the UN DPPA dataset. A veto occurs when a permanent member (P5) votes "no" on a substantive SC resolution.

271

All vetoes

161

Russia

95

United States

32

United Kingdom

21

China

18

France

Date	Draft	Topic	Vetoed by
Dec. 23, 1989	S/21048	Panama	France, United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Jan. 11, 1989	S/20378	1989 Letters from Libya and Bahrain (Libya)	France, United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
March 8, 1988	S/19585	South Africa	United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
April 9, 1987	S/18785	Namibia	United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Feb. 20, 1987	S/18705	South Africa	United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
June 18, 1986	S/18163	Complaint by Angola against South Africa	United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
May 23, 1986	S/18087/Rev. 1	Southern Africa	United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
April 21, 1986	S/18016/Rev. 1	1986 Letters from various Member States (Libya)	France, United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Nov. 15, 1985	S/17633	Namibia	United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
July 26, 1985	S/17354/Rev.1	South Africa	United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
June 4, 1982	S/15156/Rev. 2	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
April 30, 1981	S/14462	Namibia	France, United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
April 30, 1981	S/14461	Namibia	France, United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
April 30, 1981	S/14460/Rev.1	Namibia	France, United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
April 30, 1981	S/14459	Namibia	France, United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Oct. 31, 1977	S/12312/Rev. 1	South Africa	France, United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Oct. 31, 1977	S/12311/Rev. 1	South Africa	France, United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Oct. 31, 1977	S/12310/Rev. 1	South Africa	France, United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Oct. 19, 1976	S/12211	Namibia	France, United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
June 6, 1975	S/11713	Namibia	France, United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Oct. 30, 1974	S/11543	United Nations and South Africa	France, United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
May 22, 1973	S/10928	Southern Rhodesia	United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Sept. 29, 1972	S/10805/Rev.1 as amended	Southern Rhodesia	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Sept. 29, 1972	S/10805/Rev.1	Southern Rhodesia	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Sept. 29, 1972	S/10805/Rev.1	Southern Rhodesia	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Feb. 4, 1972	S/10606	Southern Rhodesia	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Dec. 30, 1971	S/10489	Southern Rhodesia	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Nov. 10, 1970	S/9976	Southern Rhodesia	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
March 17, 1970	S/9696 and Corr. 1 & 2	Southern Rhodesia	United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Sept. 13, 1963	S/5425/Rev. 1	1963 Letters from African countries (Southern Rhodesia)	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Oct. 30, 1956	S/3713/Rev. 1, as amended	1956 Letter from US (Suez Canal)	France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Oct. 30, 1956	S/3710 as modified by the insertion of a new paragraph 1	1956 Letter from US (Suez Canal)	France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland