Monday, January 30, 2017

UN Resolutions VETOED by the United States 1972-2015

Year
Resolutions vetoed
by the United States
1972-2015

1972
Condemning Israel for the death of hundreds of people in Syria and Lebanon in air raids and the violation of the cease-fire of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

1976
Condemning Israel for attacking Lebanese civilians.

1976
Condemning Israel for building settlements in the occupied territories.

1976
Calling for self-determination for the Palestinians

1976
Affirming the rights of the Palestinians .

1978
Condemning the Israeli human rights record in the occupied territories

1979
Calling for the return of all inhabitants expelled by Israel

1979
Demanding that Israel desists from human rights violations.

1979
Providing assistance to the Palestinian  people.

1979
Discussing sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Arab territories.

1979
For the inclusion of Palestinian women in the United Nations conference on Women

1980
Condemning Israeli human rights practices in the occupied territories.

1981
Demanding that Israel cease excavations in areas of East Jerusalem considered by the UN to be part of the occupied territories

1981
Condemning the Israeli policy on the living conditions of the Palestinian people.

1981
In favour of establishing  nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East.

1981
To clarify the status of Jerusalem

1981
To discuss the issue of Palestinian refugees in the Gaza strip.

1981
To grant the rights of displaced Palestinians to return home.

1981
Regarding the revenues from the property of Palestinian refugees

1981
Creating the University of Jerusalem for Palestinian refugees.

1981
Regarding Israeli human rights violations in the occupied territories

1981
Condemning the closure of Palestinian universities in the occupied territory.

1981
Opposing the Israeli decision to build a canal linking the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

1981
Discussing sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories.

1981
Affirming the non-applicability of  Israeli law on the Golan Heights

1982
Condemning the Israeli invasion of Lebanon

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

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

1982
Situation in the Middle East (Mayors of Nablus and Ramallah Dismissal.

1982
Situation in the Middle East (Golan Heights).

1984
International action to eliminate apartheid

1984
Condemning the Israeli occupation and attack of the south of Lebanon.

1984
Condemning the Israeli attack on Iraq's nuclear facilities

1984
Affirming the rights of the Palestinian people.

1984
For convening a peace conference in the Middle East.

1984
With regards to the Israeli human rights violations in the occupied territories.

1984
Condemning the assassination attempts against Palestinian mayors.

1984
Condemning Israel for not putting its nuclear facilities under international safeguards.

1984
On the prohibition of nuclear tests

1984
Offering economic assistance to the Palestinian people.

1985
Condemning the Israeli occupation of and attack on the south of Lebanon.

1985
Condemning Israel for using excessive force in the occupied territories

1986
Condemning Israel for its actions against Lebanese civilians.

1986
Calling on Israel to respect Muslim hoy places

1987
Urging Israel to stop deporting Palestinians

1987
Condemning Israel for its actions in Lebanon.

1987
Calling on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon

1988
Condemning Israeli practices against Palestinians in the occupied territories.]

1989
Situation in the Occupied Arab Territories.

1989
Calling for a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict based on previous UN resolutions

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

1995
Stating that land in East Jerusalem annexed by Israel is occupied territory.
1997
Urging Israel to halt the construction of settlements in East Jerusalem and other occupied territories.
2001
To send unarmed monitors to the West Bank and the Gaza strip
2001
Condemning Israel for acts of terror against civilians in the occupied territories
2003
Condemning the decision of the Israeli parliament to "eliminate" Palestinian President-elect Yasser Arafat.
2003
Condemning the construction of a wall by Israel on Palestinian land.
2004
Condemning the assassination of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
2004
Condemning the Israeli incursion and assassinations in Gaza.
2007
Calling for the right of self-determination of the Palestinian people. Other resolutions on the Palestinians and their rights.
2008
Affirming the sovereignty of the Palestinians in the occupied territories and their resources.
2008
Affirming the right of Palestinians to self-determination.
2008
Urging Israel to pay the cost of cleaning up an oil slick on the coast of Lebanon caused by its bombing.
2008
Resolutions on Palestine, its people, their property and Israeli practices in Palestine, including settlements.
2009
Call for an end to the 22-day Israeli attack on Gaza.
2011
Call for a stop to the Israeli settlements in the West Bank
2011
Call on Israel to cease obstructing the movement and access of personnel, vehicles and assets of the Agency of the United Nations Relief and Works for Palestine Refugees.
2011
To request the immediate and complete cessation of all Israeli settlement activities throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem and the the occupied Syrian Golan
2011
It integrates the Palestinian Authority to the United Nations as an observer member.
2015
Condemns Israel for its massive violations of international law in Gaza and the West Bank.


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