The U.S. versus the World at the UN

[Hasbara Buster]

The United States versus the World at the United Nations

By William Blum

America, we have all been taught for half a century, is the leader of "The Free World". If this is so, it's proper to ask: Where are the followers? Where is the evidence that Washington's world view sways the multitude of nations? To enlist support for its wars in Korea, Vietnam and in the Gulf, the United States had to resort to a lot of bribery and threats. At the United Nations, the US has, with noteworthy regularity, been on the minority side in voting on resolutions. The table below shows a portion of this pattern.

It covers an arbitrarily chosen 10-year period, 1978 through 1987, and is composed of the following sections:

1978-1981: All voting in the General Assembly examined; only those resolutions for which the US cast a solitary "no" vote or were joined by one or two other nations are listed.

1982-1983: All voting in the General Assembly examined; only those resolutions for which the US cast a solitary "no" vote are listed.

1984-1987: Only a portion of the General Assembly resolutions are examined, and a sample has been selected, primarily for diversity.

The number of abstentions is not shown. There were many resolutions where Israel cast a solitary "no" vote and the US was the sole abstainer.

Voting on resolutions of the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council are not included here, but these votes show a very similar pattern. In the Council -- where its solitary "no" vote is enough to defeat a measure -- the United States is free to play its role of international school bully.

We were all also taught that the Communists had no respect for world opinion.

"... a decent respect to the opinions of mankind ..."

The Declaration of Independence



Date/ Resolution Yes-No vote

Issue Number



1978

Dec. 15 33/75 119-2 (US, Israel)

Urges the Security Council, especially its permanent members, to take all necessary measures for insuring UN decisions on the maintenance of international peace and security.

Dec. 18 33/110 110-2 (US, Israel)

Living conditions of the Palestinian people

Dec. 18 33/113C 97-3 (US, Israel, Guatemala)

Condemnation of Israeli human rights record in occupied territories

Dec. 19 33/136 119-1 (US)

Calls upon developed countries to increase quantity and quality of development assistance to underdeveloped countries.



1979

Jan. 24 33/183M 114-3 (US, France, UK)

To end all military and nuclear collaboration with South Africa

Jan. 29 33/196 111-1 (US)

Protectionism of developing countries' exports

Nov. 23 34/46 136-1 (US)

Alternate approaches within the UN system for improving the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms

Nov. 23 34/52E 121-3 (US, Israel, Australia)

Return of inhabitants expelled by Israel.

Dec. 11 34/83J 120-3 (US, UK, France)

Negotiations on disarmament and cessation of nuclear arms race.

Dec. 12 34/90A 111-2 (US, Israel)

Demand that Israel desist from certain human rights violations

Dec. 12 34/93D 132-3 (US, UK, France)

Strengthening arms embargo against South Africa

Dec. 12 34/93I 134-3 (US, UK, France)

Assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa and their liberation movement.

Dec. 14 34/100 104-2 (US, Israel)

Against support for intervention in the internal or external affairs of States.

Dec. 14 34/113 120-2 (US, Israel)

Request for report on the living conditions of Palestinians in occupied Arab countries.

Dec. 14 34/133 112-3 (US, Israel, Canada)

Assistance to Palestinian people.

Dec. 14 34/136 118-2 (US, Israel)

Sovereignty over national resources in occupied Arab territories.

Dec. 17 34/158 121-2 (US, Israel)

Prepare and carry out the UN Conference on Women

Dec. 17 34/160 122-2 (US, Israel)

Include Palestinian women in agenda of UN Conference on Women

Dec. 19 34/199 112-1 (US)

Safeguarding rights of developing countries in multinational trade negotiations



1980

Nov. 3 35/13E 96-3 (US, Israel, Canada)

Requests Israel to return displace persons.

Dec. 5 35/57 134-1 (US)

Establishment of a New International Economic Order to promote the growth of underdeveloped countries and international economic co-operation.

Dec. 5 35/75 118-2 (US, Israel)

Condemns Israeli policy re the living conditions of Palestinian people.

Dec. 11 35/119 134-3 (US, UK, France)

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Dec. 11 35/122C 118-2 (US, Israel)

Israeli human rights practices in occupied territories. [Same day, similar resolutions,

35/122E -- 119-2 vote, and 35/122F -- 117-2]

Dec. 11 35/136 132-3 (US, Israel, Canada)

Endorse Program of Action for Second Half of UN Decade for Women

Dec. 12 35/145A 111-2 (US, UK)

Cessation of all nuclear test explosions

Dec. 12 35/154 110-2 (US, Albania)

Declaration of non-use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states.

Dec. 15 35/169C 120-3 (US, Israel, Australia)

Rights of Palestinians

Dec. 15 35/174 120-1 (US)

Emphasising that the development of nations and individuals is a human right.

Dec. 16 35/206J 137-3 (US, UK, France)

Assistance to oppressed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement.



1981

Oct. 28 36/12 145-1 (US)

Anti-racism; condemns apartheid in South Africa and Namibia

Oct. 28 36/13 124-1 (US)

Condemns collaboration of certain States and transnational corporations with the South African regime

Oct. 28 36/15 114-2 (US, Israel)

Demand that Israel cease excavations of certain sites in E. Jerusalem

Nov. 9 36/18 123-1 (US)

To promote co-operative movements in developing countries (agricultural, savings and credits, housing, consumer protection, social services, etc.)

Nov. 9 36/19 126-1 (US)

The right of every state to choose its economic and social system in accord with the will of its people, without outside interference in whatever form it takes

Nov. 13 36/27 109-2 (US, Israel)

Condemns Israel for its bombing of an Iraqi nuclear installation

Dec. 1 36/68 133-3 (US, UK, Guatemala)

Condemns activities of foreign economic interests in colonial territories

Dec. 4 36/73 109-2 (US, Israel)

Condemns Israeli policy re living conditions of the Palestinian people

Dec. 9 36/84 118-2 (US, UK)

Cessation of all test explosions of nuclear weapons

Dec. 9 36/87B 107-2 (US, Israel)

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon free zone in the Middle East

Dec. 9 36/92J 78-3 (US, Canada, Brazil)

World-wide action for collecting signatures in support of measures to prevent nuclear war, curb the arms race and promote disarmament

Dec. 9 36/96B 109-1 (US)

Urges negotiations on prohibition of chemical and biological weapons

Dec. 9 36/98 101-2 (US, Israel)

Demands Israelis renounce possession of nuclear weapons

Dec. 10 36/120A 121-2 (US, Israel)

Rights of the Palestinian people

Dec. 10 36/120B 119-3 (US, Israel, Canada)

Palestinian rights

Dec. 10 36/120E 139-2 (US, Israel)

Status of Jerusalem

Dec. 14 36/133 135-1 (US)

Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development, etc. are human rights

Dec. 16 36/146A 141-2 (US, Israel)

Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip

Dec. 16 36/146B 121-3 (US, Israel, Canada)

Rights of displaced Palestinians to return to their homes

Dec. 16 36/146C 117-2 (US, Israel)

Revenues derived from Palestinian refugees' properties

Dec.16 36/146G 119-2(US, Israel)

Establishment of University of Jerusalem for Palestinian refugees

Dec. 16 36/147C 111-2 (US,Israel)

Israeli violations of human rights in occupied territories

Dec. 16 36/147F 114-2 (US,Israel)

Condemns Israeli closing of universities in occupied territories

Dec. 16 36/149B 147-2 (US,Israel)

Calls for the establishment of a new and more just world information and communications order

Dec. 16 36/150 139-2 (US,Israel)

Opposes Israel's decision to build a canal linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Dead Sea

Dec. 17 36/172C 136-1 (US)

Condemns aggression by South Africa against Angola and other African states.

Dec. 17 36/172H 129-2 (US, UK)

To organize an international conference of trade unions on sanctions against South Africa

Dec. 17 36/172L 126-2 (US, UK)

To encourage various international actions against South Africa

Dec. 17 36/172N 139-1(US)

Support of sanctions and other measures against South Africa

Dec. 17 36/172O 138-1 (US)

Cessation of further foreign investments and loans for South Africa

Dec. 17 36/173 115-2 (US,Israel)

Permanent sovereignty over national resources in occupied Palestine and other Arab territories

Dec. 17 36/226B 121-2 (US,Israel)

Non-applicability of Israeli law over the Golan Height

Dec. 18 36/234B 127-1 (US)

UN accounting changes for 1980-1



1982 [only solitary US votes]

Oct. 28 37/7 111-1

World Charter for protection of the ecology

Nov. 15 37/11 136-1

Setting up UN conference on succession of states in respect to state property, archives, and debts

Dec. 3 37/47 124-1

Appeal for universal ratification of the convention on the suppression and punishment of apartheid

Dec. 9 37/69E 141-1

Promoting international mobilization against apartheid

Dec. 9 37/69G 138-1

Drafting of international convention against apartheid in sports

Dec. 9 37/69H 134-1

Cessation of further foreign investments and loans for South Africa

Dec. 9 37/73 111-1

Need for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty

Dec. 9 37/78A 114-1

Request to US and USSR to transmit a status report on their nuclear arms negotiations [USSR abstained]

Dec. 9 37/83 138-1

Prevention of arms race in outer space

Dec. 10 37/94B 131-1

Support of UNESCO's efforts to promote a new world information and communications order

Dec. 13 37/98A 95-1

Necessity of a convention on the prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons

Dec. 16 37/103 113-1

Development of the principles and norms of international law relating to the new economic order

Dec. 17 37/131 129-1

Measures concerning the UN Joint Staff Pension Board, including prevention of exclusion of certain UN employees

Dec. 17 37/137 146-1

Protection against products harmful to health and the environment

Dec. 18 37/199 131-1

Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development, etc. are human rights

Dec. 20 37/204 141-1

Motion for a review of the implementation of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States

Dec. 21 37/237/XI 132-1

Adequacy of the conference facilities of the Economic Commission for Africa at Addis Ababa

Dec. 21 37/251 146-1

Development of the energy resources of developing countries

Dec. 21 37/252 124-1

Restructuring international economic relations toward establishing a new international economic order



1983

Nov. 22 38/19 110-1

International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid

Nov. 22 38/25 131-1

The right of every state to choose its economic and social system in accord with the will of its people, without outside interference in whatever form it takes

Dec. 5 38/39E 149-1

Disseminating material and organizing conferences in the campaign against apartheid

Dec. 5 38/39I 140-1

Urges the Security Council to consider sanctions against South Africa as a protest against apartheid

Dec. 5 38/39K 145-1

Authorizes the International Convention against Apartheid in Sports to continue its consultations

Dec. 15 38/70 147-1

Outer space should be used for peaceful purposes; prevention of an arms race in outer space

Dec. 16 38/124 132-1

Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development, etc. are human rights

Dec. 19 38/128 110-1

Development of the principles and norms of international law relating to the new world economic order

Dec. 19 38/150 137-1

Transport and communications Decade in Africa

Dec. 20 38/182 116-1

Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types and systems of weapons of mass destruction

Dec. 20 38/183M 133-1

Requests nuclear-arms States to submit to General Assembly annual reports on measures taken for prevention of nuclear war and reversing the arms race

Dec. 20 38/187A 98-1

Urges intensification of negotiations to achieve an accord on a prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons

Dec. 20 38/188G 113-1

Requests a study on the naval arms race

Dec. 20 38/188H 132-1

Independent Commission on Disarmament and Security Issues

Dec. 20 38/202 126-1

Strengthening the capacity of the UN to respond to natural and other disasters



1984 [selected resolutions]

Nov. 8 39/9 134-2 (US, Israel)

Cooperation between the UN and the League of Arab States

Nov. 16 39/14 106-2 (US, Israel)

Condemns Israeli attack against Iraqi nuclear installation

Nov. 23 39/21 145-1

Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Dec. 5 39/411 119-2 (US, UK)

Reaffirming the right of St. Helena to independence

Dec. 5 39/42 121-2 (US, UK)

Condemns support of South Africa in its Namibian and other policies

Dec. 11 39/49A 127-2 (US, Israel)

Rights of the Palestinian people

Dec. 11 39/49D 121-3 (US, Israel, Canada)

Convening a Middle-East peace conference

Dec. 12 39/62 125-1

Prohibition of development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction

Dec. 12 39/65B 84-1

Prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons

Dec. 13 39/72G 146-2 (US, UK)

International action to eliminate apartheid

Dec. 13 39/73 138-2 (US, Turkey)

Law of the sea.

Dec. 14 39/95A 120-2 (US, Israel)

Israeli human rights violations in occupied territories

Dec. 14 39/95H 143-2 (US, Israel)

Condemns assassination attempts against Palestinian mayors and calls for apprehension and prosecution of the perpetrators

Dec. 17 39/147 94-2 (US, Israel)

Condemns Israel's refusal to place its nuclear facilities under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards

Dec. 17 39/148N 123-1

Nuclear-test ban, cessation of nuclear-arms race, nuclear disarmament

Dec. 17 39/151F 141-1

Request to continue UN study on military research and development

Dec. 17 39/161B 143-1

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

Dec. 18 39/224 146-2 (US, Israel)

Economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people

Dec. 18 39/232 118-2 (US, Israel)

Support of the UN Industrial Development Organization

Dec. 18 39/233 120-1

Industrial Development Decade for Africa

Dec. 18 39/243 123-2 (US, Israel)

Staff and administrative questions re the Economic Commission for Western Asia



1985

Dec. 13 40/114 134-1

Indivisibility and interdependence of economic, social, cultural, civil, and political rights.

Dec. 13 40/124 130-1

Alternative approaches within the UN system for improving the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms

Dec. 13 40/148 121-2 (US, Israel)

Measures to be taken against Nazi, Fascist and neo-Fascist activities.

Dec. 17 40/445 133-1

International cooperation in the interrelated areas of money, finance, debt, resource flow, trade and development



1986

Oct. 27 41/11 124-1

Zone of peace and co-operation in the South Atlantic

Dec. 3 41/68A 148-1

New world information order, led by UNESCO, to eliminate existing imbalances in information

Dec. 4 41/90 126-1

Review of the Implementation of the Declaration of the Strengthening of International Security

Dec. 4 41/91 117-1

Need for result-oriented political dialogue to improve the international situation

Dec. 4 41/92 102-2 (US, France)

Establishment of a comprehensive system of international peace and security

Dec. 4 41/128 146-1

Declaration on the right to development

Dec. 4 41/151 148-1

Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers

Dec. 8 41/450 146-1

Protection against products harmful to health and the environment

1987

Oct. 15 42/5 153-2 (US, Israel)

Cooperation between the UN and the League of Arab States

Nov. 12 42/18 94-2 (US, Israel)

Need for compliance in the International Court of Justice concerning military and paramilitary activities against Nicaragua

Dec. 2 42/69J 145-2 (US, Israel)

Calls upon Israel to abandon plans to remove and resettle Palestinian refugees of the West Bank away from their homes and property

Dec. 7 42/101 150-0-1 (US sole abstainer)

A call for a "convention on the rights of the child"

Dec. 7 42/159 153-2 (US, Israel)

Measures to prevent international terrorism, study the underlying political and economic causes of terrorism, convene a conference to define terrorism and to differentiate it from the struggle of people for national liberation

Dec. 8 42/162B 140-1

Financing the training of journalists and strengthening communication services in the underdeveloped world

Dec. 11 42/176 94-2 (US, Israel)

Trade embargo against Nicaragua

Dec. 11 42/198 154-1

Furthering international co-operation regarding the external debt problems

Dec. 11 42/441 131-1

Preparation of summary records for a UN conference on Trade and Development



CUBA

Necessity of ending the US embargo against Cuba

1992 Nov. 24 47/19 59-2(US, Israel)*

1993 Nov. 3 48/16 88-4(US, Israel, Albania, Paraguay)

1994 Oct. 26 49/9 101-2(US, Israel)

1995 Nov. 2 117-3(US, Israel, Uzbekistan)

1996 Nov. 12 138-3(US, Israel, Uzbekistan)

[For the first time, all 15 European Union countries voted yes.]

* Romania voted no by mistake.

It should be remembered that for years American political leaders and media were fond of labeling Cuba an international pariah".



Compiled by William Blum, author of Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II;

email:bblum6@aol.com

Source: US vs World UN

As mentioned by the author; this is not even a complete list....

 

[Ming]

US is a stain on the human race.

 

[anon45]

Hasbara has gone into overtime, perhaps he wants to put a downpayment on a new car?

 

[Hasbara Buster]

anon45, do you ever feel ashamed of your government?

 

[faithfulguy]

I'm ashamed of the Barack Hussein Obama government. But I'm proud of Ronald Reagan and what he had accomplished.

 

[Hasbara Buster]

UN Voting on Nuclear Disarmament Shows Abysmal US Record

By David Krieger

Each year the United Nations considers resolutions that seek to limit, control or eliminate the dangers that nuclear weapons pose to the inhabitants of the planet. In general, these resolutions can be described as nuclear disarmament measures.*

In 2007, in the 62nd General Assembly of the United Nations, 20 resolutions on nuclear disarmament were considered. Of these, five were not voted upon. Of the 15 resolutions that were voted upon by the UN General Assembly in 2007, only one country in the world, the United States, had a record of opposing all of them. It is an abysmal voting record, and the people of the United States should be aware of the dangerous and obstructionist role their government is playing in opposing a serious agenda for nuclear disarmament.

The votes of the nine nuclear weapon states are listed in the chart below. Countries were given one point for each Yes vote, zero points for each abstention, and a point was taken away for each No vote:


China Pakistan N. Korea India Russia UK Israel France US
Yes (+1) 11 10 11 8 5 3 1 2 0
No (-1) 0 0 2 3 1 9 8 10 15
Abstain (0) 4 5 0 4 8 3 6 3 0
Vote Tally 11 10 9 5 4 -6 -7 -8 -15



United States

In three of the votes, the United States was the only country in the world to vote against the resolutions. The resolutions called for:

1.Giving security assurances to non-nuclear weapons states that nuclear weapons would not be used against them;
2.Supporting the Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone;
3.Supporting the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, to permanently end all nuclear weapons testing.

Four other resolutions had only three votes against, and in each case the US was one of the three. These resolutions called for:

1.Supporting a nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere (US, France, UK opposed);
2.Decreasing the operational readiness of nuclear weapons systems (US, France, UK opposed);
3.A UN conference on eliminating nuclear dangers (US, France, UK opposed);
4.Supporting renewed determination toward the elimination of nuclear weapons (US, India, North Korea opposed).

France & United Kingdom

The other nuclear weapons states had more positive voting records, although in the case of the UK and France, only slightly more so. Both France and the UK voted Yes on a resolution highlighting the risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East and on supporting for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. The UK’s other Yes vote was on renewed determination towards elimination of nuclear weapons.

Russia & China

Russia’s sole No vote was on supporting the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the illegality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons. Of the five principal nuclear weapons states, China had by far the best voting record, casting no negative votes.

Israel, India, Pakistan & North Korea

The other nuclear weapons states, those outside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, are Israel, India, Pakistan and North Korea. Israel cast only one Yes vote, on support of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. India, Pakistan and North Korea were more supportive of nuclear disarmament resolutions, voting Yes a majority of the time. North Korea did not vote on two resolutions.

Weapons in Space

One other aspect of UN voting on disarmament measures deserves comment, that of disarmament aspects of outer space. On the two measures on this subject, the countries of the world voted overwhelmingly in favor of keeping outer space free of weapons. The first vote was on prevention of an arms race in outer space. Out of 180 countries voting on this resolution, 179 voted in favor. Only the United States voted against and Israel abstained. On the second measure on transparency and confidence building in outer space, 181 countries voted. Again, only the US voted against the measure, and only Israel abstained.



In the area of nuclear disarmament, as well as in keeping outer space free of weapons, the US has shown itself to be an obstacle to progress. In a time when the world badly needs leadership toward a saner and safer future, the US has chosen to oppose progress on nuclear disarmament in many ways, including its votes in the UN General Assembly.

In many respects the US government has demonstrated by its votes in the UN General Assembly its disdain for the deep concerns of the vast majority of the rest of the international community as well as of the American people. Such behavior leaves the US and the world a more dangerous place and undoubtedly contributes to the extremely low level of respect in which the US is held throughout most of the world.

* The voting records of countries on these resolutions can be found in the Winter 2007 issue of Disarmament Times, a publication of the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security.

UN Voting on Nuclear Disarmament Shows Abysmal US Record

 

[Hasbara Buster]

A Quick Listing of The United States' Record of Veto Use at the United Nations (UN): 1972–2011*

[Including Resolutions against Decades of Atrocities and Violations, Often Supported and/or Bankrolled by the United States]


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Year Resolution Vetoed by the United States

1972 Condemns Israel for killing hundreds of people in Syria and Lebanon in air raids.

1973 Affirms the rights of the Palestinians and calls on Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories.

1976 Condemns Israel for attacking Lebanese civilians.

1976 Condemns Israel for building settlements in the occupied territories.

1976 Calls for self determination for the Palestinians.

1976 Affirms the rights of the Palestinians.

1978 Urges the permanent members (USA, USSR, UK, France, China) to insure UN decisions on the maintenance of international peace and security.

1978 Criticises the living conditions of the Palestinians.

1978 Condemns the Israeli human rights record in occupied territories.

1978 Calls for developed countries to increase the quantity and quality of development assistance to underdeveloped countries.

1979 Calls for an end to all military and nuclear collaboration with the apartheid South Africa.

1979 Strengthens the arms embargo against South Africa.

1979 Offers assistance to all the oppressed people of South Africa and their liberation movement.

1979 Concerns negotiations on disarmament and cessation of the nuclear arms race.

1979 Calls for the return of all inhabitants expelled by Israel.

1979 Demands that Israel desist from human rights violations.

1979 Requests a report on the living conditions of Palestinians in occupied Arab countries.

1979 Offers assistance to the Palestinian people.

1979 Discusses sovereignty over national resources in occupied Arab territories.

1979 Calls for protection of developing counties' exports.

1979 Calls for alternative approaches within the United Nations system for improving the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

1979 Opposes support for intervention in the internal or external affairs ofstates.

1979 For a UN Conference on Women.

1979 To include Palestinian women in the UN Conference on Women.

1979 Safeguards rights of developing countries in multinational trade negotiations.

1980 Requests Israel to return displaced persons.

1980 Condemns Israeli policy regarding the living conditions of the Palestinian people.

1980 Condemns Israeli human rights practices in occupied territories: 3 resolutions.

1980 Affirms the right of self determination for the Palestinians.

1980 Offers assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement.

1980 Attempts to establish a New International Economic Order to promote the growth of underdeveloped countries and international economic co-operation.

1980 Endorses the Program of Action for Second Half of UN Decade for Women.

1980 Declaration of non-use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states.

1980 Emphasises that the development of nations and individuals is a human right.

1980 Calls for the cessation of all nuclear test explosions.

1980 Calls for the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

1981 Promotes co-operative movements in developing countries.

1981 Affirms the right of every state to choose its economic and social system in accord with the will of its people, without outside interference in whatever form it takes.

1981 Condemns activities of foreign economic interests in colonial territories.

1981 Calls for the cessation of all test explosions of nuclear weapons.

1981 Calls for action in support of measures to prevent nuclear war, curb the arms race and promote disarmament.

1981 Urges negotiations on prohibition of chemical and biological weapons.

1981 Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, national development, etc are human rights.

1981 Condemns South Africa for attacks on neighbouring states, condemns apartheid and attempts to strengthen sanctions: 7 resolutions.

1981 Condemns an attempted coup by South Africa on the Seychelles.

1981 Condemns Israel's treatment of the Palestinians, human rights policies, and the bombing of Iraq:
18 resolutions.

1982 Condemns the Israeli invasion of Lebanon:
6 resolutions (1982 to 1983).

1982 Condemns the shooting of 11 Muslims at a shrine in Jerusalem by an Israeli soldier.

1982 Calls on Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights occupied in 1967.

1982 Condemns apartheid and calls for the cessation of economic aid to South Africa: 4 resolutions.

1982 Calls for the setting up of a World Charter for the protection of the ecology.

1982 Sets up a United Nations conference on succession of states in respect to state property, archives, and debts.

1982 Nuclear test bans and negotiations and nuclear free outer space: 3 resolutions.

1982 Supports a new world information and communications order.

1982 Prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons.

1982 Development of international law.

1982 Protects against products harmful to health and the environment .

1982 Declares that education, work, health care, proper nourishment, and national development are human rights.

1982 Protects against products harmful to health and the environment.

1982 Development of the energy resources of developing countries.

1983 Resolutions about apartheid, nuclear arms, economics, and international law: 15 resolutions.

1984 Condemns support of South Africa in its Namibian and other policies.

1984 International action to eliminate apartheid.

1984 Condemns Israel for occupying and attacking southern Lebanon.

1984 Resolutions about apartheid, nuclear arms, economics, and international law. 18 resolutions.

1985 Condemns Israel for occupying and attacking southern Lebanon.

1985 Condemns Israel for using excessive force in the occupied territories.

1985 Resolutions about cooperation, human rights, trade and development. 3 resolutions.

1985 Measures to be taken against Nazi, Fascist, and neo-Fascist activities .

1986 Calls on all governments (including the United States) to observe international law.

1986 Imposes economic and military sanctions against South Africa.

1986 Condemns Israel for its actions against Lebanese civilians.

1986 Calls on Israel to respect Muslim holy places.

1986 Condemns Israel for sky-jacking a Libyan airliner.

1986 Resolutions about cooperation, security, human rights, trade, media bias, the environment, and development: 8 resolutions.

1987 Calls on Israel to abide by the Geneva Conventions in its treatment of the Palestinians.

1987 Calls on Israel to stop deporting Palestinians.

1987 Condemns Israel for its actions in Lebanon:
2 resolutions.

1987 Calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon.

1987 Cooperation between the UN and League of Arab States.

1987 Calls for compliance in the International Court of Justice concerning military and paramilitary activities against Nicaragua and a call to end the trade embargo against Nicaragua: 2 resolutions.

1987 Measures to prevent international terrorism, study the underlying political and economic causes of terrorism, convene a conference to define terrorism and to differentiate it from the struggle of people from national liberation.

1987 Resolutions concerning journalism, international debt, and trade: 3 resolutions.

1987 Opposition to the build up of weapons in space.

1987 Opposition to the development of new weapons of mass destruction.

1987 Opposition to nuclear testing. 2 resolutions.

1987 Proposal to set up South Atlantic "Zone of Peace".

1988 Condemns Israeli practices against Palestinians in the occupied territories: 5 resolutions (1988 and 1989).

1989 Condemns US invasion of Panama.

1989 Condemns US troops for ransacking the residence of the Nicaraguan ambassador in Panama.

1989 Condemns US support for the Contra army in Nicaragua.

1989 Condemns illegal US embargo of Nicaragua.

1989 Opposing the acquisition of territory by force.

1989 Calling for a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict based on earlier UN resoltions.

1990 To send three UN Security Council observers to the occupied territories.

1995 Affirms that land in East Jerusalem annexed by Israel is occupied territory.

1997 Calls on Israel to cease building settlements in East Jerusalem and other occupied territories:
2 resolutions.

1999 Calls on the United States to end its trade embargo on Cuba:
8 resolutions (1992 to 1999).

2001 To send unarmed monitors to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

2001 To set up the International Criminal Court.

2002 To renew the peace keeping mission in Bosnia.

[Chart above from http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/geoff/UNresolutions.htm]


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[Chart below from: ]KryssTal : USA Vetos in the UN

2002 Condemns the killing of a UN worker from the United Kingdom by Israeli forces. Condemns the destruction of the World Food Programme warehouse.

2003 Condemns a decision by the Israeli parliament to "remove" the elected Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat.

2003 Condemns the building of a wall by Israel on Palestinian land.

2003 To end the US's forty-year embargo of Cuba.

2004 Condemns the assassination of Hamas leader Sheik Ahmad Yassin.

2004 Condemns the Israeli incursion and killings in Gaza.

2004 Production and processing of weapon-usable material should be under international control.

2006 Calls for an end to Israeli military incursions and attacks on Gaza.

2006 Calls for an end to the financial embargo against Cuba.

2007 Calls for peaceful uses for outer space.

2007 Calls for a convention against female descrimination.

2007 Concerning the rights of children.

2007 Concerning the right to food.

2007 On the applicability of the Geneva Convention to the protection of civilians in time of war.

2007 Calls for the protection of the Global Climate.

2007 Calls for Indian Ocean to be declared a zone of peace. Calls for a nuclear weapon-free South East Asia.

2007 Calls for the right of self determination for the Palestinian people. Other resolutions regarding the Palestinians and their rights.

2008 Calls for progress towards an arms trade treaty.

2008 Banning the development of new weapons of mass destruction.

2008 Assuring non-nuclear states they will not be attacked or threatened with nuclear weapons.

2008 Prevention of the development of an arms race in outer space and transparency in outer space activities.

2008 Calls to decrease the operational readiness of nuclear weapons systems and to ban nuclear weapons.

2008 Calls to end the use of depleted Uranium in weapons.

2008 Concerning the trade in illicit small arms.

2008 Calls for a nuclear free Central Asia and a nuclear free Southern Hemisphere. Prevention of proliferation in the Middle East.

2008 Calls for a comprehensive (nuclear) test ban treaty. Calls for a nuclear weapon free world.

2008 Calls for a treaty on children's rights.

2008 Condemns racial descrimination.

2008 Affirms the soverignty of Palestinians over the occupied territories and their resources.

2008 Affirms the right of the Palestinians to self determination.

2008 Calls on Israel to pay the cost of cleaning up an oil slick off the coast of Lebanon caused by its bombing.

2008 Calls for a new economic order.

2008 Calls for a right of development for nations.

2008 Calls for a right to food.

2008 Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification.

2008 Concerning developments in information technology for international security.

2008 Resolutions concerning Palestine, its people, their property, and Israeli practices in Palestine, including settlements.

2009 Calls for an end to the twenty-two-day-long Israeli attack on Gaza.

2011 Calls for a halt to the illegal Israeli West Bank settlements.

2011 Calls for Israel to cease obstructing the movement and access of the staff, vehicles and supplies of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees.

2011 Calls for the immediate and complete cessation of all Israeli settlement activities in all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan.

US on UN Veto: "Disgusting", "Shameful", "Deplorable", "a Travesty" . . . Really?

 

[anon45]

anon45, do you ever feel ashamed of your government?

Who doesn't have issues with their government? I certainly don't like how the budget has been handled, but that doesn't change that I consider you both a pathological vitriolic anti-american and possible troll.

You have not shown the articles you post to be trustworthy, you post discredited conspiracy theories, you post anything regardless.

You don't do quality control with the articles you post, and so your reputation reaps what you sow.

You also don't seem to care about the veracity, which brings me around to my thoughts that you are a possible troll.

You don't care about the truth of what you post, only any article that superficially and quickly makes the US look bad.

 

[Wright]

Hasbara. You make turks proud.