U.S. Vetoes/Negative Voting 1972-1982
| Subject | Date | Vote |
| Palestine: Syrian-Lebanese Complaint. 3 power draft resolution. (S/10784) | 09/10/1972 | 13-1, 1 |
| Palestine: Examination of Middle East Situation. 8-power draft resolution. (S/10974) | 07/02/1973 | 13-1, 0 (China not partic.) |
| Palestine: Egyptian-Lebanese Complaint. 5-power draft power resolution. (S/11898) | 12/08/1975 | 13-1, 1 |
| Palestine: Middle East Problem, including Palestinian question. 6-power draft resolution. (S/11940) | 01/25/1976 | 9-1,3 (China & Libya not partic.) |
| Palestine: Situation in Occupied Arab Territories. 5-power draft resolution. (S/12022) | 03/25/1976 | 14-1,0 |
| Palestine: Report on Committee on Rights of Palestinian People. 4-power draft resolution. (S/121119) | 06/29/1976 | 10-1,4 |
| Palestine: Palestinian Rights. Tunisian draft resolution. (S/13911) | 04/30/1980 | 10-1,4 |
| Palestine: Golan Heights. Jordan draft resolution. (S/14832/Rev. 2) | 01/20/1982 | 9-1,5 |
| Palestine: Situation in Occupied Territories, Jordan draft resolution. (S/14943) | 04/02/1982 | 13-1,1 |
| Palestine: Incident at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. 4-power draft resolution | 04/20/1982 | 14-1, 0 |
| Palestine: Conflict in Lebanon. Spain draft resolution. (S/15185) | 06/08/1982 | 14-1,0 |
| Palestine: Conflict in Lebanon. France draft resolution. (S/15255/Rev. 2) | 06/26/1982 | 14-1 |
| Palestine: Conflict in Lebanon. USSR draft resolution. (S/15347/Rev. 1, as orally amended) | 08/06/1982 | 11-1,3 |
| Palestine: Situation in Occupied Territories, 20-power draft resolution. (S/15895) | 08/02/1983 | 13-1,1 |
U.S. Security Council Vetoes/Negative Voting 1983-Present
| Subject | Date | Vote |
| Occupied Arab Territories: Wholesale condemnation of Israeli settlement policies. (S/15895) | 08/01/1983 | Vetoed: 13-1 (U.S.), with 1 abstention |
| S. Lebanon: Condemns Israeli action in southern Lebanon. (S/16732) | 09/06/1984 | Vetoed: 13-1 (U.S.), with 1 abstention (UK) |
| Occupied Territories: Deplores “repressive measures” by Israel against Arab population. (S/19459) | 09/13/1985 | Vetoed: 10-1 (U.S.), with 4 abstentions (Australia, Denmark, UK, France) |
| Lebanon: Condemns Israeli practices against civilians in southern Lebanon. (S/17000) | 03/12/1985 | Vetoed: 11-1 (U.S.), with 3 abstentions (Australia, Denmark, UK) |
| Occupied Territories: Calls upon Israel to respect Muslim holy places. (S/17769/Rev. 1) | 01/30/1986 | Vetoed: 13-1 (US), with one abstention (Thailand) |
| Lebanon: Condemns Israeli practices against civilians in southern Lebanon. (S/17730/Rev. 2) | 01/17/1986 | Vetoed: 11-1 (U.S.), with 3 abstentions (Australia, Denmark, UK) |
| Libya/Israel: Condemns Israeli interception of Libyan plane. (S/17796/Rev. 1) | 02/06/1986 | Vetoed: 10 -1 (US), with 4 abstentions (Australia, Denmark, France, UK) |
| Lebanon: Draft strongly deplored repeated Israeli attacks against Lebanese territory and other measures and practices against the civilian population; (S/19434) | 01/18/1988 | Vetoed 13-1 (US), with 1 abstention (UK) |
| Lebanon: Draft condemned recent invasion by Israeli forces of Southern Lebanon and repeated a call for the immediate withdrawal of all Israeli forces from Lebanese territory; (S/19868) | 05/10/1988 | Vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Lebanon: Draft strongly deplored the recent Israeli attack against Lebanese territory on 9 December 1988; (S/20322) | 12/14/1988 | Vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Occupied territories: Draft called on Israel to accept de jure applicability of the 4th Geneva Convention; (S/19466) | 01/29/1988 | Vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Occupied territories: Draft urged Israel to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention, rescind the order to deport Palestinian civilians, and condemned policies and practices of Israel that violate the human rights of the Palestinian people in the occupied territories; (S/19780) | 04/14/1988 | Vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Occupied territories: Strongly deplored Israeli policies and practices in the occupied territories, and strongly deplored also Israel’s continued disregard of relevant Security Council decisions. (S/20463) | 02/17/1989 | Vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Occupied territories: Condemned Israeli policies and practices in the occupied territories. (S/20677) | 06/09/1989 | Vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Occupied territories: Deplored Israel’s policies and practices in the occupied territories. (S/20945/Rev.1) | 11/07/1989 | Vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Occupied territories: NAM draft resolution to create a commission and send three security council members to Rishon Lezion, where an Israeli gunmen shot down seven Palestinian workers. (S/21300) | 05/21/1990 | Vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Middle East: Confirms that the expropriation of land by Israel in East Jerusalem is invalid and in violation of relevant Security Council resolutions and provisions of the Fourth Geneva convention; expresses support of peace process, including the Declaration of Principles of 9/13/1993. (S/ 1995/394) | 05/17/1995 | Vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Middle East: Calls upon Israeli authorities to refrain from all actions or measures, including settlement activities. (S/1997/199) | 03/07/1997 | Vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| Middle East: Demands that Israel cease construction of the settlement in east Jerusalem (called Jabal Abu Ghneim by the Palestinians and Har Homa by Israel), as well as all the other Israeli settlement activity in the occupied territories. (S/1997/241) | 03/21/1997 | Vetoed 13-1,1 (US) |
| Call for UN Observers Force in West Bank, Gaza. (S/2001/270) | 03/27/2001 | Vetoed 9-1 (US), with four abstentions (Britain, France, Ireland and Norway) |
| Condemned acts of terror, demanded an end to violence and the establishment of a monitoring mechanism to bring in observers. (S/2001/1199) | 12/14/2001 | Vetoed 12-1 (US) with two abstentions (Britain and Norway) |
| On the killing by Israeli forces of several UN employees and the destruction of the World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse. (S/2002/1385) | 12/19/2002 | 12-1 (US) with two abstentions (Bulgaria and Cameroon) |
| Demand that Israel halt threats to expel Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. (S/2003/891) | 09/16/2003 | Vetoed 11-1 (US) with three abstentions (Britain, Germany and Bulgaria) |
| Seeks to bar Israel from extending security wall. (S/2003/980) | 10/14/2003 | Vetoed 10-1 with four absentations (Britain, Germany, Bulgaria and Cameroon) |
| Condemns Israel for killing Ahmed Yassin. (S/2004/240) | 03/25/2004 | Vetoed 11-1 (US) with three absentations (Britain, Germany, Romania) |
| Calls For Israel To Halt Gaza Operation. (S/2004/783) | 10/05/2004 | Vetoed 11-1 (US) with three absentations (Britain, Germany, Romania) |
| On the demand for the unconditional release of an Israeli soldier captured earlier as well as Israel’s immediate withdrawal from Gaza and the release of dozens of Palestinian officials detained by Israel. (S/2006/508) | 07/13/2006 | Vetoed 10-1 (US) with four absentations (Britain, Peru, Denmark and Slovakia) |
| On the Israeli military operations in Gaza, the Palestinian rocket fire into Israel, the call for immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and a cessation of violence from both parties in the conflict. (S/2006/878) | 11/10/2006 | Vetoed 10-1 (US) with four absentations (Britain, Denmark, Japan and Slovakia) |
| Condemns all Israeli settlements established since 1967 as illegal and calls for an immediate halt to all settlement building. (S/2011/24) | 02/18/2011 | Vetoed 14-1 (US) |
| General Assembly recognition of Palestine as Non-Member State. (A/67/L.28) | 11/29/2012 | 138 in favor – 9 against (US and Israel), 41 abstentions |
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