United Nations Security Council veto power

A UN veto power is the United Nations belong Direction State which has the right to use in decisions of the Security Council under Article 27 III UN Charter, the right of veto. This happen, the decision is not adopted.

The veto system was established to protect the interests of the founding members of the United Nations, which had emerged victorious from the Second World War. Five countries are permanent members of the Security Council and have this right:

• United States United States of America
• People's Republic of China People's Republic of China ( since 1971 ); previously Republic of China Republic of China
• Russia Russian Federation (since 1991 ); previously Soviet Union Soviet Union
• France France
• United Kingdom United Kingdom.

Most of vetoes put up 2007 Russia (including the Soviet Union), namely, 123, followed by the USA with 82, Britain gave 32, France 18 and China 6 -in.

Mandatory abstention

According to Article 27 ( 3) of the UN Charter members of the Security Council abstained on, and can therefore permanent members do not exercise their veto when it comes to the peaceful settlement of disputes, in which the member is a party.

Example of such an abstention in 1947 was the United Kingdom in the vote on the Corfu Channel incident. Was exercised Despite the veto party status, for example, in 1968 by the USSR in the resolution on the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1976 by ​​France in the annexation of Mayotte or in 1986 by the United States in the prosecution of its bombing of Libya.