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	UN Security Council Veto Power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The UN Security Council Veto Power is a power wielded solely by the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council, enabling them to void any Security Council resolution regardless of the level of general support.
		The veto system was established to protect the interests of the founding members of the United Nations, which were the countries that won World War II.
		At the UN founding conference in 1944, it was decided that the representatives of Britain, China, the Soviet Union, the United States and, "in due course", France should be permanent members.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UN_Security_Council_Veto_Power (1040 words)

	United Nations Security Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The decisions of the Council are known as UN Security Council Resolutions.
		The veto power, however, is the most defining characteristic of a permanent member and in the eyes of the G4 countries, to be denied the veto power is just a way for the 5 current permanent members to retain their superiority.
		This was the basis for UN armed action in Korea in 1950 during the Korean War and the use of coalition forces in Iraq and Kuwait in 1991.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UN_Security_Council (3848 words)

	Veto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The legislative veto, by which Congress had nullified certain exercises of powers the body had delegated to the executive branch, was ruled unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court in INS v.
		The veto power in the United States Constitution was derived from the British method of Royal Assent.
		Veto is also the name of a former student society from Delft in the Netherlands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Veto (948 words)

	Power of the Veto - UN Security Council - Global Policy Forum
		Fifty years later, the debate on the existence and use of the veto continues, reinvigorated by many cases of veto-threat as well as actual veto use.
		Graph on use of the veto, year-by-year, in proportion to all resolutions (to 1992).
		Many member states have expressed their criticism of the veto, argueing that the veto privilege is an anachronism responsible for much of the Security Council's undemocratic and ineffective procedures.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/membship/veto.htm (325 words)

	News -- African nations seek veto power at UN Security Council
		But the African group at the UN is insisting on equal status for any new permanent member of the Security Council.
		This would enlarge the council to a 26-member council with six new permanent members with veto power in addition to the five current permanent members: the United States, Russia, China, France and Britain.
		The resolution for enlarging the Security Council from the current 15 members to 25 by creating six new permanent seats and four additional non-permanent seats was introduced in the UN on July 12.
	odili.net /news/source/2005/jul/16/46.html (832 words)

	Security Council (SC) : Overview/Key Documents : United Nations (UN)
		The Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.
		It consists of 15 members: five permanent members with veto power (China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America) and ten non-permanent members, five of which are elected each year by the General Assembly for a two-year term.
		The Security Council's annual report to the General Assembly on its activities is assigned the sequential number "2" for the session in question (e.
	www.un.org /Depts/dhl/resguide/scsess.htm (623 words)

	VN Embassy : UN should end Security Council veto power
		NEW YORK — Vietnamese representative to the United Nations, Nguyen Duy Chien, has called for limiting and eventually abolishing the veto power of the Security Council of United Nations as part of reforming the organisation.
		The use of the veto should be limited and eventually eliminated," he said.
		Security Council reforms are only a part of the UN reform process.
	www.vietnamembassy-usa.org /news/story.php?d=20050412232010 (359 words)

	Pakistan Times \| Top Story: No Veto power for new Security Council members: Annan
		UN Secretary General said “intense” discussions were taking place among member States on the two options proposed by him for expansion of the Security Council.
		He expressed that at the UN, consensus meant unanimity and it was difficult to get each of the 191 members to agree on the options for Security Council expansion.
		UN Secretary General observed it was more important to have “effective” representation to make the Security Council more broadly representative of the international community as a whole taking into account current geo-political realities.
	pakistantimes.net /2005/04/29/top1.htm (655 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| The veto and how to use it
		Were the veto to be abolished, the majority view at the council would prevail and we might expect more resolutions passed, more situations identified as threats to world security, more cases of states being reprimanded and sanctions being imposed.
		Between 1946 and 1971, the Chinese seat at the Security Council was occupied by the Republic of China (Taiwan), which used its veto once to block Mongolia's application for UN membership.
		Other vetoes were in 1999 blocking the extension of the mandate of United Nations Preventive Deployment Force in Macedonia and in 1997 blocking the sending of 155 UN observers to Guatemala to verify a ceasefire.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/2828985.stm (1005 words)

	UN Security Council: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The decisions of the Council are known as UN Security Council Resolution[Click link for more facts about this topic]s.
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		UN Secretary General Kofi Annan[For more, click on this link] has asked a team of advisors to come up with recommendations for revamping the United Nations by the end of 2004.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/un/un_security_council1.htm (3419 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - UN debates Security Council expansion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Brazil's UN envoy Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg on Monday introduced the draft from the so-called G4, which calls for enlarging the Council from the current 15 members to 25 by creating six new permanent seats without veto power and four non-permanent seats.
		The proposed expansion of the Security Council is part of a broader plan to overhaul the United Nations, spearheaded by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
		Japan's UN envoy Kenzo Oshima meanwhile made it clear that the Security Council "needs to be expanded, both in its permanent and non-permanent categories, adding new members from developing and developed countries".
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/DB9731C9-35A4-4B48-8ADB-793CF44DA3B4.htm (517 words)

	India rejects UNSC permanent membership sans veto
		India has ruled out accepting membership of the expanded UN Security Council without veto power, saying sans veto new members would not be able to fulfill the mandate of the General Assembly efficiently.
		But diplomats pointed out that abolishing veto is impossible as the current permanent members are unlikely to give up their privileges, a point that Secretary General Kofi Annan had himself made.
		Africa must be represented in the permanent membership and "we will work with wider membership of the UN to achieve meaningful change in bringing about the expansion and reforms of the Security Council envisaged by the great majority of the membership," the diplomats said.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/apr/01un1.htm (464 words)

	Zambezi Times Online - Latest News Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		During its annual summit that was held in Sirte, Libya, the AU resolved that the UN Security Council should be enlarged in both the permanent and non-permanent categories and improve on its working methods, including according new permanent members the right of veto.
		The AU asked for Africa to be granted two permanent and five non-permanent seats in the Security Council and increase its membership from 15 to 26 with the 11 additional seats.
		The argument was that if the veto was spread any further it would only paralyse the UN more, preventing it from acting in a crisis, and that in any case the current veto powers would block the reform.
	www.zambezitimes.com /fulltxt.php?id_news=2967 (826 words)

	INCITE: The Security Council Veto Power, or Got Nuke? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A lot of the reason they talk about that is because they've convinced themselves that the real problem with the UN these days is that the Security Council isn't fairly constituted--those damn permanent members and their veto power has a lot of people in fits.
		The reason the SC permanent members have a veto is because ultimately, they five, unlike any other nation on earth, have the power to blot out all life on the face of the planet.
		As things go, a UN Security Council veto right is one of the single most powerful diplomatic tools there is. You give veto power only to those nations who, if they don't get their way, have the power to express their displeasure by turning the globe into a charcoal briquette.
	incite1.blogspot.com /2004/12/security-council-veto-power-or-got.html (823 words)

	JURIST - Paper Chase: China threatens to veto "dangerous" resolution expanding UN Security Council
		Kate Heneroty at 7:31 AM ET Chinese UN Ambassador Wang Guangya [official profile] has said China is opposed to a recently-introduced resolution [JURIST report] that would expand the UN Security Council [official website] to include Brazil, Germany, India and Japan.
		UN leaders and many observers believe the Security Council should be expanded [JURIST report] because its composition still reflects the post-World War II era.
		Paper Chase is JURIST's real-time legal news weblog, powered by a team of 20 law student reporters and editors led by law professor Bernard Hibbitts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /paperchase/2005/06/china-threatens-to-veto-dangerous.php (370 words)

	African leaders press for permanent seats, veto powers in UN Security Council reform - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Security Council reform is a key issue to Africans, who feel theirs is the only continent without a strong voice on the 15-member council.
		Currently, 10 council members are elected for two-year terms, and five are permanent members with veto power - the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France.
		As long as the veto right exists for some, the statement said, "as a matter of common justice, it should made available to all permanent members of the Security Council".
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20051031T180000-0500_91516_OBS_AFRICAN_LEADERS_PRESS_FOR_PERMANENT_SEATS__VETO_POWERS_IN_UN_SECURITY_COUNCIL_REFORM_.asp (288 words)

	UN Security Council Candidates Drop Demand for Veto Power
		Four countries campaigning for permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council have dropped their demand for veto power.
		Germany's U.N. Ambassador Gunter Pleuger said the concession was made in the face of strong opposition, both from the permanent five, or P-five Council members, as well as from other countries that would prefer to do away with the veto altogether.
		Japan's U.N. Ambassador Kenzo Oshima said Washington and Tokyo are working closely on the issue of Security Council reform.
	www.voanews.com /english/2005-06-09-voa2.cfm (610 words)

	Online NewsHour Update: World Reacts to Pres. Bush's Call for UN Action on Iraq -- September 13, 2002
		UN weapons inspectors have not had access to the country since 1998, causing concern that Iraq could be developing weapons of mass destruction.
		China, traditionally a friend to Iraq and one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council with veto power, urged Iraq to comply with UN measures "in an earnest manner" according to the official Chinese Xinhua News Agency.
		The wave of international reaction comes as Secretary Powell prepares to meet Friday with members of the Security Council to begin talks on the possibility of a new resolution that would call on Iraq to provide UN weapons inspectors free access or face serious consequences.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/updates/iraq_09-13-02.html (717 words)

	UN Security Council: Members
		This is the rule of "great Power unanimity", often referred to as the "veto" power.
		Under the Charter, all Members of the United Nations agree to accept and carry out the decisions of the Security Council.
		While other organs of the United Nations make recommendations to Governments, the Council alone has the power to take decisions which Member States are obligated under the Charter to carry out.
	www.un.org /Docs/sc/unsc_members.html (133 words)

	RNW: Veto-seeking countries propose UN Security Council reforms
		Brazil, Germany, India and Japan have drafted a proposal for a reformed UN Security Council.
		UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan suggested two possibilities for reform earlier in the year: one was adding six new permanent seats to the Security Council, the other is adding a third tier of semi-permanent seats.
		He says this is because countries âhave the feeling that as soon as one of the regional partners becomes a new member of the Security Council, thatâs to their own disadvantage.
	www.radionetherlands.nl /currentaffairs/region/internationalorganisations/UN050518 (720 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sir — The UN general secretary, Kofi Annan, has declared in no uncertain terms that there will be no veto power for the new members in an expanded security council of the world body (“ Seat at high table minus veto”, April 29).
		By exercising the power, the permanent members of the council ensure that the UN accepts, and acts upon, only those proposals that have their support.
		If India were to be granted a seat in the security council without veto power, the permanent members would find it easy to silence India’s protests against their discrimination and highhandedness.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050509/asp/opinion/story_4705843.asp (790 words)

	DAWN - Letters; 29 September, 2004
		From India's point of view, as recently advocated by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his address to the UN General Assembly, UN Security Council reform is long overdue as it does not reflect post-Cold War realities and is heavily skewed in favour of Europe and the trans-Atlantic alliance.
		India is paving the way for itself to gain a permanent place in the UN Security Council with veto power, notwithstanding its failure to resolve the border dispute with China and the five-decade old Kashmir dispute in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions.
		Without diminishing the importance of the security of consulates and other diplomatic missions, I would like to ask if it wouldn't be appropriate to take concrete steps to solve this problem instead of increasing the misery of the common people.
	www.dawn.com /2004/09/29/letted.htm (2783 words)

	United Nations Security Council - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The permanent members were originally drawn from the victorious powers after World War II: the Republic of China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
		In 1971, the People's Republic of China was awarded the Republic of China's seat in the UN by UN General Assembly Resolution 2758.
		Indeed, Japan and Germany are the UN's second and third largest funders, respectively, while Germany and India are among some of the largest contributors of troops to UN-mandated peace-keeping missions.
	www.aljazeera.com /me.asp?service_ID=10503 (1419 words)

	UN Future - Johnson's Russia List 6-3-03
		Yuli Vorontsov, UN Secretary General's Envoy and Russian Representative to the UN: In my view, all speculations in how the UN has exhausted its usefulness, is dying and about to become history soon - all this is a nervous and not exactly adequate reaction to conduct of the United States.
		It was the UN that managed it, after the well-known tragic events there, raising Cambodia to quite a decent level.
		The UN is not strong in the military or financial sense.
	www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/7207-15.cfm (836 words)

	U.S. Vetoes of UN Resolutions Critical of Israel
		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.
		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
		Condemned acts of terror, demanded an end to violence and the establishment of a monitoring mechanism to bring in observers.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/UN/usvetoes.html (509 words)

	JURIST - Paper Chase: G4 states drop veto proposal for new UN Security Council members
		Alexandria Samuel at 8:45 PM ET [JURIST] In a move to gain support for a draft UN reform resolution introduced last month [JURIST report], Germany, Japan, Brazil and India - the so-called G4 group - have dropped their proposal to give veto power to any new permanent Council members.
		Their plan would still expand the current Council, which consists of 5 permanent members and 10 rotating members, from 15 to 25.
		The pullback on the veto power comes a month after UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said publicly that expecting any of the 5 permanent Security Council states to endorse reforms that would give other nations the same veto powers they already enjoyed would be "utopian" [JURIST report].
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /paperchase/2005/06/g4-states-drop-veto-proposal-for-new.php (328 words)

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