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
April 4, 1984	S/16463	1984 Letter from Nicaragua (Nicaragua)	United States of America
Feb. 29, 1984	S/16351/Rev.2	Middle East (Lebanon)	Russian Federation
Oct. 27, 1983	S/16077/Rev.1	Grenada	United States of America
Sept. 12, 1983	S/15966/Rev.1	1983 Letters from various Member States (South Korean airliner)	Russian Federation
Aug. 2, 1983	S/15895	Occupied Arab territories	United States of America
Aug. 6, 1982	S/15347/Rev. 1	Middle East (Lebanon)	United States of America
June 26, 1982	S/15255/Rev.2 in prov. form orally modified ↗	Middle East (Lebanon)	United States of America
June 8, 1982	S/15185	Middle East (Lebanon)	United States of America
June 4, 1982	S/15156/Rev. 2	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
April 20, 1982	S/14985	Occupied Arab territories	United States of America
April 2, 1982	S/14943	Occupied Arab territories	United States of America
April 2, 1982	S/14941	1982 Letter from Nicaragua (Nicaragua)	United States of America
Jan. 20, 1982	S/14832/Rev. 1	Occupied Arab territories	United States of America
Aug. 31, 1981	S/14664/Rev.2	Complaint by Angola against South Africa	United States of America
April 30, 1981	S/14462	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
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/14461	Namibia	France, United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
April 30, 1980	S/13911	Exercise by Palestinian people of inalienable rights	United States of America
Jan. 13, 1980	S/13735 ↗	1979 Letter from US (Iran)	Russian Federation
Jan. 9, 1980	S/13729	1980 Letter from various Member States (Afghanistan)	Russian Federation
March 16, 1979	S/13162	South East Asia	Russian Federation
Jan. 15, 1979	S/13027	1979 Telegram from Kampuchea (Kampuchea)	Russian Federation
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. 31, 1977	S/12312/Rev. 1	South Africa	France, United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Nov. 15, 1976	S/12226	Admission of new Members	United States of America
Oct. 19, 1976	S/12211	Namibia	France, United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
June 29, 1976	S/12119	Exercise by Palestinian people of inalienable rights	United States of America
June 23, 1976	S/12110	Admission of new Members	United States of America
March 25, 1976	S/12022	Occupied Arab territories	United States of America
Feb. 6, 1976	S/11967	Comoros	France
Jan. 26, 1976	S/11940	Middle East, including Palestinian question	United States of America
Dec. 8, 1975	S/11898	Middle East	United States of America
Sept. 30, 1975	S/11832	Admission of new Members	United States of America
Sept. 30, 1975	S/11833	Admission of new Members	United States of America
Aug. 11, 1975	S/11795	Admission of new Members	United States of America
Aug. 11, 1975	S/11796	Admission of new Members	United States of America
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
July 31, 1974	S/11400/Rev. 1	Cyprus	Russian Federation
July 26, 1973	S/10974	Middle East	United States of America
May 22, 1973	S/10928	Southern Rhodesia	United States of America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
March 21, 1973	S/10931/Rev.1	Maintenance and strengthening of international peace and security in Latin Amer…	United States of America
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
Sept. 29, 1972	S/10805/Rev.1 as amended	Southern Rhodesia	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Sept. 10, 1972	S/10784	Middle East	United States of America
Sept. 10, 1972	S/10784	Middle East	China, Russian Federation
Aug. 25, 1972	S/10771	Admission of new Members	China