united_nations

20 February 2024S/2024/173S/PV.9552The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian questionUSA
8 December 2023S/2023/970S/PV.9499The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian questionUSA
18 October 2023S/2023/773S/PV.9442The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian questionUSA
1 June 2018S/2018/516S/PV.8274Middle East situation, including the Palestinian questionUSA
18 December 2017S/2017/1060S/PV.8139Middle East situation, including the Palestinian questionUSA
18 February 2011S/2011/24S/PV.6484Middle East situation, including the Palestinian questionUSA
11 November 2006S/2006/878S/PV.5565Middle East situation, including the Palestinian questionUSA
13 July 2006S/2006/508S/PV.5488Middle East situation, including the Palestinian questionUSA
05 October 2004S/2004/783S/PV.5051Middle East situation, including the Palestinian questionUSA
25 March 2004S/2004/240S/PV.4934Middle East situation, including the Palestinian questionUSA
14 October 2003S/2003/980S/PV.4842The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian questionUSA
16 September 2003S/2003/891S/PV.4828The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian questionUSA
20 December 2002S/2002/1385S/PV.4681The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian questionUSA
14-15 December 2001S/2001/1199S/PV.4438The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian questionUSA
27-28 March 2001S/2001/270S/PV.4305The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian questionUSA
source: https://www.un.org/depts/dhl/resguide/scact_veto_table_en.htm

Palestine

In 1976, the US vetoed a resolution calling on Israel to withdraw from all Palestinian territory – in this case, the UK, Sweden and Italy abstained.

A draft text presented by Tunisia in 1980 stressed the “inalienable rights of the Palestinian people”. The US voted against the draft text; the UK, France, Norway and Portugal abstained.

Resolutions condemning Israeli settlements were blocked only by the US in 1983, 1997 and 2011.

And in 2004 and 2006, the US refused to call on Israel to halt wars against Gaza, which together killed hundreds of civilians.