UN Security Council vetoes

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/UN_Security_Council_vetoes

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	veto power
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:United_Nations_Security_Council substantive resolutions
gptkbp:compatibleWith	procedural votes
gptkbp:controversy	calls for reform accusations of abuse
gptkbp:effect	blocks adoption of a resolution
gptkbp:establishedBy	gptkb:United_Nations_Charter
gptkbp:establishedIn	1945
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	UN Security Council vetoes
gptkbp:introducedIn	gptkb:Soviet_Union 1946
gptkbp:nickname	great power unanimity
gptkbp:numberOfPermanentMembers	5
gptkbp:purpose	ensure great power consensus protect national interests of permanent members
gptkbp:reformProposals	abolishing veto expanding permanent membership limiting veto use
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly P5 Article 27 of the UN Charter
gptkbp:totalVetoesByChina	over 10
gptkbp:totalVetoesByFrance	over 15
gptkbp:totalVetoesBySovietUnion	over 100
gptkbp:totalVetoesByUnitedKingdom	over 30
gptkbp:totalVetoesByUnitedStates	over 80
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:China gptkb:France gptkb:Russia gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States permanent members of the UN Security Council
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:Falklands_War gptkb:Iraq_War gptkb:Israeli–Palestinian_conflict gptkb:Korean_War gptkb:Syrian_Civil_War gptkb:Vietnam_War gptkb:Bosnian_War gptkb:Suez_Crisis gptkb:Yugoslav_Wars gptkb:Libya_intervention gptkb:Ukraine_crisis Rwandan genocide Middle East conflicts Myanmar crisis Crimea annexation South Africa apartheid Sudan Darfur conflict
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:U.S._response_to_2024_Gaza_conflict
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8