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  2. United Nations Security Council veto power - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Security Council veto power is the power of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) to veto any decision other than a "procedural" decision. A permanent member's abstention or absence does not count as a veto. [1]

  3. Reform of the United Nations Security Council - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Security Council Chamber in New York, also known as the Norwegian Room. Since its creation in 1945, the United Nations Security Council has undergone one reform, increasing its membership from 4 to 10 non-permanent members. Nonetheless, this first and only reform has not left the global community satisfied, which has since ...

  4. United Nations Security Council - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) [1] and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, [2] recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, [3] and approving any changes to the UN Charter. [4]

  5. US vetoes widely supported UN resolution backing full UN ...

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    The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution on Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for the state of Palestine. The vote in the 15-member Security ...

  6. UN likely to vote Tuesday on Gaza ceasefire, US signals veto

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    The United Nations Security Council is likely to vote on Tuesday on an Algerian push for the 15-member body to demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, said diplomats, a ...

  7. List of vetoed United Nations Security Council resolutions

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    Other Security Council members objected, and the President of the Security Council (New Zealand) offered a compromise where all 18 applicants would be in one resolution, but each applicant would be voted on separately as though it were an amendment, followed by a larger vote on the whole resolution.

  8. United Nations General Assembly resolution - Wikipedia

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    Resolution 977(X): Establishing the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, South Korea, for United Nations Command casualties of the Korean War. [6] 1956 Resolution 997(ES-I):Question considered by the Security Council at its 749th and 750th meetings, held on 30 October 1956. (see also: Suez Crisis) 1960

  9. Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council

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    The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (also known as the Permanent Five, Big Five, or P5) are the five sovereign states to whom the UN Charter of 1945 grants a permanent seat on the UN Security Council: China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States.