US and Israel Related UNSCRs

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THE US & ISRAEL-R ELATED UNSCR S

1967 WAR - PRESENT

RESOLUTION DATE VOTE CONCERNS

233 6 June 1967 Adopted 15-0-0 Calls for Israel-Syria cease-fire

234 7 June 1967 Adopted 15-0-0 Calls for Middle East cease-fire

235 9 June 1967 Adopted 15-0-0 Asks Secretary-General to meet with Israel

and Syria

236 11 June 1967 Adopted 15-0-0 Condemns Israel-Syria cease-fire violation

237 14 June 1967 Adopted 15-0-0 Addresses refugees and POW's in Six Day

War

240 25 October 1967 Adopted 15-0-0 Condemns Middle East cease-fire violation

242 22 November 1967 Adopted 15-0-0 Aftermath of the Six Day War

248 24 March 1968 Adopted 15-0-0 Condemns Israeli attack on Jordan

250 27 April 1968 Adopted 15-0-0 Condemns planned Israeli military parade

251 2 May 1968 Adopted 15-0-0 Condemns Israeli military parade

252 21 May 1968 13-0-2 (abstentions: Canada, USA) Condemns Israeli military parade

256 16 August 1968 Adopted 15-0-0 Claims Israel cannot change Jerusalem's legastatus

258 18 September 1968 14-0-1 (abstention: Algeria) Condemns Israeli attack on Jordan

259 27 September 1968 12-0-3 (abstentions: Canada, Denmark,USA) Sends special representative to check compliance with Resolution 237

262 31 December 1968 Adopted 15-0-0 Condemns Israeli attack on Lebanon

265 1 April 1969 11-0-4 (abstentions: Colombia,

Paraguay, United Kingdom, USA)

Israeli attacks on Jordan

267 3 July 1969 Adopted 15-0-0 Annexation of East Jerusalem

270 26 August 1969 Adopted without vote Israeli attack in southern Lebanon

271 15 September 1969 11-0-4 (abstentions: Colombia, Finland,Paraguay, USA)

Arson attack at the Al-Aqsa Mosque byDenis Michael Rohan

279 12 May 1970 Adopted 15-0-0 Israeli armed forces in Lebanese territory

280 19 May 1970 11-0-4 (abstentions: Colombia,

Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, USA)

Israeli-Lebanese conflict

285 5 September 1970 14-1-0 (abstentions: USA) Demands the complete and immediate

withdrawal of all Israeli armed forces fromLebanese territory

298 25 September 1971 14-1-0 (abstentions: Syria) Deplored Israel's failure to respect the previous resolutions concerning measures

and actions by Israel to affect the status of

Jerusalem.

313 28 February 1972 Adopted 15-0-0 Calls on Israel to end action in Lebanon

316 26 June 1972 13-0-2 (abstentions: Panama, USA) Condemns Israel for its actions in Lebanon

317 21 July 1972 14-0-1 (abstention: USA) Abductions of Lebanese and Syrian forces b

Israel

VETO 9/10/1972 13-1, 1 Palestine: Syrian-Lebanese Complaint. 3

power draft resolution 2/10784

331 20 April 1973 Adopted 15-0-0 Requests report by Secretary-General on

Middle East situation332 21 April 1973 11-0-4 (abstentions: China, Guinea,

USSR, USA)Israeli-Lebanese conflict

VETO 7/2/1973 13-1, 0 (China not partic.) Palestine: Examination of Middle EastSituation. 8-power draft resolution (S/10974

337 15 August 1973 Adopted unanimously On seizure of a Lebanese airliner by Israel

338 22 October 1973 14-0-1 Yom Kippur War

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Blue = US abstains, Purple= US vetoes, Green: US votes YES Gray= US does not participate in voting or abstains



Blue = US abstains | Purple= US vetoes | Green: US votes YES | Gray= US does not participate in voting or abstains

339 23 October 1973 14-0-0 (China did not participate in the

voting)

Ceasefire between Egypt and Israel


voting)

UN Emergency Force for the Middle East


voting)

Establishing the UN Emergency Force

344 15 December 1973 10-0-4 (abstentions: France, USSR,United Kingdom, USA;

China did not participate)

Conference on Middle East peace

346 8 April 1974 13-0-0 (China and Iraq did not

participate in the voting)

Separation of Israeli and Egyptian forces;

supporting Emergency Force

347 24 April 1974 13-0-0 (China and Iraq did not

participate in the voting.)

Israel-Lebanon conflict

350 31 May 1974 13-0-0 (China and Iraq did not


Establishment of the United Nations

Disengagement Observer Force

369 28 May 1975 13-0-0 (China and Iraq did not


Implementation of Resolution 338

381 30 November 1975 9-0-3 (abstentions: France, Italy, Japan) Peace efforts in the Middle East

VETO 12/8/1975 13-1, 1 Palestine: Egyptian-Lebanese Complaint. 5-

power draft power resolution (S/11898)VETO 1/26/1976 9-1,3 (China & Libya not partic.) Palestine: Middle East Problem, including

Palestinian question. 6-power draft resolutio

(S/11940)

390 28 May 1976 13-0-0 (China, Libya did not participate

in voting)

Peacekeeping efforts in the Middle East

VETO 6/29/1976 10-1,4 Palestine: Report on Committee on Rights o

Palestinian People. 4-power draft resolution

(S/121119)

396 22 October 1976 13-0-0 (China and Libya did not participate in voting)

Extends peacekeeping operations in MiddleEast

398 30 November 1976 12-0-0 (Benin, China, Libya did not participate in voting)

Israel and Syria

425 19 March 1978 12-0-2 (abstentions: Czechoslovakia,USSR; China did not participate)

Establishes the United Nations Interim Forcein Lebanon (UNIFIL)

426 19 March 1978 12-0-2 (abstentions: Czechoslovakia,

USSR; China did not participate)

Establishes the United Nations Interim Force

in Lebanon (UNIFIL)

427 3 May 1978 12-0-2 (abstentions: Czechoslovakia,


Increases size of UNIFIL; condemns attacks

on UN forces in Israel-Lebanon

446 22 March 1979 12-0-3 (abstentions: Norway, UK, US) Israeli settlements

450 14 June 1979 12-0-2 (abstentions: Czechoslovakia,


Condemns Israeli attacks; extends mandate o

the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

452 20 July 1979 14-0-1 (abstention: United States) Israeli settlements

459 19 December 1979 12-2-0 (abstention: USSR,

Czechoslovakia)

Expressed anxiety about the future of the

Force, citing threats to its freedom of

movement, security and safety of its

headquarters, renewed mandate465 1 March 1980 Adopted 15-0-0 Israeli settlements

467 24 April 1980 12-0-3 (abstentions: East Germany,

USSR, US)

Attacks on the United Nations Interim Force

in Lebanon

VETO 4/30/1980 10-1,4 Palestine: Palestinian Rights. Tunisian draft

resolution. (S/13911)

468 8 May 1980 14-0-1 (abstention: United States) Expulsion of Palestinian officials by Israel

469 20 May 1980 14-0-1 (abstention: United States) Calls on Israel to implement Resolution 468

471 5 June 1980 14-0-1 (abstention: United States) Israeli settlements

476 30 June 1980 14-0-1 (abstention: United States) Territories occupied by Israel




478 20 August 1980 14-0-1 (abstention: United States) Jerusalem Law

484 19 December 1980 Adopted 15-0-0 Expulsion of Palestinian officials by Israel

487 19 June 1981 Adopted 15-0-0 Israeli attack on an Iraqi nuclear site certifie

by the International Atomic Energy Agency

490 21 July 1981 Adopted 15-0-0 Airstrikes on Lebanon by Israel; precursor to

the 1982 Lebanon War

497 17 December 1981 Adopted 15-0-0 Israel's Golan Heights LawVETO 1/20/1982 9-1,5 Palestine: Golan Heights. Jordan draft

resolution. (S/14832/Rev. 2)

500 28 January 1982 13-0-2 (abstentions: UK, US) Calls an emergency General Assembly

meeting regarding Israel and the GolanHeights

501 February 1982 13-0-2 (abstentions: Poland, USSR) Increases size of the United Nations Interim

Force in Lebanon

VETO 4/2/1982 13-1,1 Palestine: Situation in Occupied Territories,

Jordan draft resolution (S/14943)

VETO 4/20/1982 14-1, 0 Palestine: Incident at the Dome of the Rock

in Jerusalem. 4-power draft resolution

508 5 June 1982 15-0-0 Demands an end to hostilities in the 1982

Lebanon War 509 6 June 1982 15-0-0 Israeli invasion of Lebanon

VETO 6/8/1982 14-1,0 Palestine: Conflict in Lebanon. Spain draft

resolution. (S/15185)

512 19 June 1982 15-0-0 Humanitarian situation in Lebanon

VETO 6/26/1982 14-1 Palestine: Conflict in Lebanon. France draftresolution. (S/15255/Rev. 2)

513 4 July 1982 15-0-0 Humanitarian situation in Lebanon

515 29 July 1982 14-0-0 (United States did not participatein voting)

Blockade of Beirut by Israel

516 1 August 1982 15-0-0 Violations of ceasefire in Beirut

517 4 August 1982 14-0-1 (abstention: US) Calls for Israel to return its troops to previou

positions

VETO 8/6/1982 11-1,3 Palestine: Conflict in Lebanon. USSR draftresolution. (S/15347/Rev. 1, as orally

amended)

518 12 August 1982 15-0-0 Demands Israel and other parties strictlyobserve Security Council resolutions

520 17 September 1982 15-0-0 Assassination of Lebanese President-electBachir Gemayel

521 19 September 1982 15-0-0 Massacre of Palestinians in Beirut by the

Lebanese Forces militia

523 18 October 1982 13-2-0 (abstentions: Poland, USSR) Insisted that there should no be interferencein the operations of the Force, which is now

authorised to carry out humanitarian tasks

under Resolution 511 (1982)

VETO 8/2/1983 13-1,1 Palestine: Situation in Occupied Territories,20-power draft resolution (S/15895)

VETO?

Not clear fromJewish Virtual

Library entry

Not specified not adopted Occupied Arab Territories: Wholesale

condemnation of Israeli settlement policies.

VETO 9/6/1984 Vetoed: 13-1 (U.S.), with 1 abstention(UK)

S. Lebanon: Condemns Israeli action insouthern Lebanon. S/16732

VETO 3/12/1985

(possibly 12/3/1985)

Vetoed: 11-1 (U.S.), with 3 abstentions

(Australia, Denmark, UK)

Lebanon: Condemns Israeli practices agains

civilians in southern Lebanon. S/17000.




564 31 May 1985 15-0-0 Humanitarian situation in Lebanon

573 4 October 1985 14-0-1 (abstention: US) Israeli attack on Tunisia

VETO 9/13/1985 Vetoed: 10-1 (U.S.), with 4 abstentions

(Australia, Denmark, UK, France)

Occupied Territories: Deplores "repressive

measures" by Israel against Arab populationS/19459.

VETO 1/17/1986 Vetoed: 11-1 (U.S.), with 3 abstentions

(Australia, Denmark, UK)

Lebanon: Condemns Israeli practices agains

civilians in southern Lebanon. S/17730/Rev2.

VETO 1/30/1986 Vetoed: 13-1 (US), with one abstention

(Thailand)

Occupied Territories: Calls upon Israel to

respect Muslim holy places. S/17769/Rev. 1

VETO 2/6/1986 Vetoed: 10 -1 (US), with 4 abstentions

(Australia, Denmark, France, UK)

Libya/Israel: Condemns Israeli interception

of Libyan plane. S/17796/Rev. 1.

587 23 September 19860 14-0-1 (abstention: US) Condemns attacks on the United Nations

Interim Force in Lebanon (" ... 'takes note' o

previous calls on Israel to withdraw its force

from Lebanon and urges all parties towithdraw".

592 8 December 1986 14-0-1 (abstention: US) Condemns killing of students by Israel in thePalestinian territories

605 22 December 1987 14-0-1 (abstention: United States) Practices in the Israeli-occupied territories607 5 January 1988 15-0-0 Deportation of Palestinians in the occupied

territories

608 14 January 1988 14-0-1 (abstention: United States) Deportation of Palestinians in the occupied

territories

VETO 1/18/1988 vetoed 13-1 (US), with 1 abstention

(UK)

Lebanon: Draft strongly deplored repeated

Israeli attacks against Lebanese territory andother measures and practices against the

civilian population; (S/19434)

611 25 April 1988 14-0-1 (abstention: United States) Assassination of Khalil al-Wazir in Tunisia

VETO 5/10/1988 vetoed 14-1 (US) Lebanon: Draft condemned recent invasion

by Israeli forces of Southern Lebanon and

repeated a call for the immediate withdrawa

of all Israeli forces from Lebanese territory;(S/19868)

VETO 12/14/1988 vetoed 14-1 (US) Lebanon: Draft strongly deplored the recent

Israeli attack against Lebanese territory on 9December 1988; (S/20322)

VETO 1988 vetoed 14-1 (US) Occupied territories: Draft called on Israel toaccept de jure applicability of the 4th Genev

Convention; (S/19466)

VETO 1988 vetoed 14-1 (US) Occupied territories: Draft urged Israel to

abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention,

rescind the order to deport Palestiniancivilians, and condemned policies and

practices of Israel that violate the human

rights of the Palestinian people in theoccupied territories; (S/19780)

VETO 2/17/1989 Vetoed 14-1 (US) Occupied territories: Strongly deplored

Israeli policies and practices in the occupiedterritories, and strongly deplored also Israel's

continued disregard of relevant Security

Council decisions.

VETO 6/9/1989 Vetoed 14-1 (US) Occupied territories: Condemned Israeli

policies and practices in the occupied

territories.

636 6 July 1989 14-0-1 (abstention: United States) Deportation of Palestinians from the occupie




territories

641 30 August 1989 14-0-1 (abstention: United States) Deportation of Palestinians from the occupie

territories

VETO 11/7/1989 Vetoed 14-1 (US) Occupied territories: Deplored Israel's policies and practices in the occupied

territories.

VETO 5/31/1990 Vetoed 14-1 (US) Occupied territories: NAM draft resolution tcreate a commission and send three security

council members to Rishon Lezion, where anIsraeli gunmen shot down seven Palestinian

workers.

672 12 October 1990 15-0-0 1990 Temple Mount riots

673 24 October 1990 15-0-0 Refusal of Israel to receive missioninvestigating Temple Mount riots

681 20 December 1990 15-0-0 Report on territories occupied by Israel

694 24 May 1991 15-0-0 Deportations of Palestinian civilians by Israe

726 6 January 1992 15-0-0 Deportations of Palestinians by Israel in the

occupied territories

799 18 December 1992 15-0-0 Deportation of Palestinians by Israel

904 18 March 1994 Adopted without vote Measures guaranteeing the safety and protection of the Palestinian civilians in

territories occupied by Israel in the aftermath

of the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre

VETO 5/17/1995 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 Counciresolutions and provisions of the Fourth

Geneva convention; expresses support of

peace process, including the Declaration of Principles of 9/13/1993

1052 18 April 1996 15-0-0 Calls for ceasefire in 1996 Lebanon war

1073 28 September 1996 14-0-1 (abstention: United States) Situation in Jerusalem, Nablus, Ramallah,

Bethlehem and the Gaza StripVETO 3/7/1997 Vetoed 14-1 (US) Middle East: Calls upon Israeli authorities to

refrain from all actions or measures,

including settlement activities.

VETO 3/21/1997 Vetoed 13-1,1 (US) Middle East: Demands that Israel cease

construction of the settlement in eastJerusalem (called Jabal Abu Ghneim by the

Palestinians and Har Homa by Israel), as we

as all the other Israeli settlement activity inthe occupied territories

1254 30 July 1999 Middle East

1322 7 October 2000 (14-0-1) (1 abstention: U.S.) on the situation in the Middle East, including

the Palestinian question

VETO 3/27/2001 Vetoed 9-1 (US),with four abstentions

(Britain, France, Ireland and Norway)

Call for UN Observers Force in West Bank,Gaza

VETO 12/14/2001 Vetoed 12-1 (US)with two abstentions

(Britain and Norway)

Condemned acts of terror, demanded an endto violence and the establishment of a

monitoring mechanism to bring in observers

1397 12 March 2002 (14-0-1) (1 abstention: Syria) Middle East and Palestine

1402 30 March 2002 (14-1) (Syria did not participate in the

voting)

The situation in the Middle East, including


1403 4 April 2002 (14-1) (Syria did not participate in the

voting)

Middle East/Palestine




1405 19 April 2002 Adopted unanimously Middle East/Palestine

1428 30 July 2002 Adopted unanimously The situation in the Middle East (critical of

Israel on Lebanon border/withdrawal issues)

1435 24 September 2002 (14-0-1) (1 abstention: U.S.) Middle East, including the Palestinianquestion

VETO 12/19/2002 12-1 (US)

with two abstentions(Bulgaria and Cameroon)

On the killing by Israeli forces of several UN

employees and the destruction of the WorldFood Programme (WFP) warehouse

VETO 9/16/03 Vetoed 11-1 (US)

with three abstentions

(Britain, Germany and Bulgaria)

Demand that Israel halt threats to expel

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat

1515 19 November 2003 Adopted unanimously endorsing the "road-map" for Israeli-

Palestinian peace

VETO 10/14/03 Vetoed 10-1 with four absentations

(Britain, Germany, Bulgaria and

Cameroon)

Seeks to bar Israel from extending security

fence


with three absentations(Britain, Germany, Romania)

Condemns Israel for killing Ahmed Yassin

1544 19 May 2004 14 to 0, with 1 abstention (UnitedStates)

calling on Israel to cease demolishingPalestinian homes


with three absentations

(Britain, Germany, Romania)

Calls For Israel To Halt Gaza Operation


with four absentations

(Britain, Peru, Denmark and Slovakia)


1701 11 August 2006 Adopted unanimously Ending the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict


with four abstentions

(Britain, Denmark, Japan and Slovakia)


1729 15 December 2006 Adopted unanimously The situation in the Middle East1748 27 March 2007 Adopted unanimously The situation in the Middle East (mandate of

UNIIIC)

1759 20 June 2007 Adopted unanimously The situation in the Middle East

1773 24 August 2007 Adopted unanimously The situation in the Middle East

1788 14 December 2007 Adopted unanimously The situation in the Middle East

1850 16 December 2008 Adopted 14-0-1 with one abstention

from Libya



1860 9 January 2009 Adopted 14-0-1 with one abstention

from the United States



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