THE US & ISRAEL-RELATED UNSCRS

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 legal
status
258 18 September 1968 14-0-1 (abstention: Algeria) Condemns Israeli attack on Jordan
259 27 September 1968 12-0-3 (abstentions: Canada, Denmark, Sends special representative to check
USA) 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, Israeli attacks on Jordan
Paraguay, United Kingdom, USA)
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, Arson attack at the Al-Aqsa Mosque by
Paraguay, USA) Denis 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, Israeli-Lebanese conflict
Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, USA)
285 5 September 1970 14-1-0 (abstentions: USA) Demands the complete and immediate
withdrawal of all Israeli armed forces from
Lebanese 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 by
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 situation
332 21 April 1973 11-0-4 (abstentions: China, Guinea, Israeli-Lebanese conflict
USSR, USA)
VETO 7/2/1973 13-1, 0 (China not partic.) Palestine: Examination of Middle East
Situation. 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 Ceasefire between Egypt and Israel
voting)
340 25 October 1973 14-0-0 (China did not participate in the UN Emergency Force for the Middle East
voting)
341 27 October 1973 14-0-0 (China did not participate in the Establishing the UN Emergency Force
voting)
344 15 December 1973 10-0-4 (abstentions: France, USSR, Conference on Middle East peace
United Kingdom, USA;
China did not participate)
346 8 April 1974 13-0-0 (China and Iraq did not Separation of Israeli and Egyptian forces;
participate in the voting) supporting Emergency Force
347 24 April 1974 13-0-0 (China and Iraq did not Israel-Lebanon conflict
participate in the voting.)
350 31 May 1974 13-0-0 (China and Iraq did not Establishment of the United Nations
participate in the voting) Disengagement Observer Force
369 28 May 1975 13-0-0 (China and Iraq did not Implementation of Resolution 338
participate in the voting)
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 resolution
(S/11940)
390 28 May 1976 13-0-0 (China, Libya did not participate Peacekeeping efforts in the Middle East
in voting)
VETO 6/29/1976 10-1,4 Palestine: Report on Committee on Rights of
Palestinian People. 4-power draft resolution
(S/121119)
396 22 October 1976 13-0-0 (China and Libya did not Extends peacekeeping operations in Middle
participate in voting) East
398 30 November 1976 12-0-0 (Benin, China, Libya did not Israel and Syria
participate in voting)
425 19 March 1978 12-0-2 (abstentions: Czechoslovakia, Establishes the United Nations Interim Force
USSR; China did not participate) in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
426 19 March 1978 12-0-2 (abstentions: Czechoslovakia, Establishes the United Nations Interim Force
USSR; China did not participate) in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
427 3 May 1978 12-0-2 (abstentions: Czechoslovakia, Increases size of UNIFIL; condemns attacks
USSR; China did not participate) 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 of
USSR; China did not participate) 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, Expressed anxiety about the future of the
Czechoslovakia) Force, citing threats to its freedom of
movement, security and safety of its
headquarters, renewed mandate
465 1 March 1980 Adopted 15-0-0 Israeli settlements
467 24 April 1980 12-0-3 (abstentions: East Germany, Attacks on the United Nations Interim Force
USSR, US) 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
 Blue = US abstains | Purple= US vetoes | Green: US votes YES | Gray= US does not participate in voting or abstains

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 certified
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 Law
VETO 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 Golan
Heights
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 draft
resolution. (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 participate Blockade of Beirut by Israel
in voting)
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 previous
positions
VETO 8/6/1982 11-1,3 Palestine: Conflict in Lebanon. USSR draft
resolution. (S/15347/Rev. 1, as orally
amended)
518 12 August 1982 15-0-0 Demands Israel and other parties strictly
observe Security Council resolutions
520 17 September 1982 15-0-0 Assassination of Lebanese President-elect
Bachir 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 interference
in 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 specified not adopted Occupied Arab Territories: Wholesale
Not clear from condemnation of Israeli settlement policies.
Jewish Virtual
Library entry
VETO 9/6/1984 Vetoed: 13-1 (U.S.), with 1 abstention S. Lebanon: Condemns Israeli action in
(UK) southern Lebanon. S/16732
VETO 3/12/1985 Vetoed: 11-1 (U.S.), with 3 abstentions Lebanon: Condemns Israeli practices against
(possibly 12/3/1985) (Australia, Denmark, UK) civilians in southern Lebanon. S/17000.
 Blue = US abstains | Purple= US vetoes | Green: US votes YES | Gray= US does not participate in voting or abstains

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 Occupied Territories: Deplores "repressive
(Australia, Denmark, UK, France) measures" by Israel against Arab population.
S/19459.
VETO 1/17/1986 Vetoed: 11-1 (U.S.), with 3 abstentions Lebanon: Condemns Israeli practices against
(Australia, Denmark, UK) civilians in southern Lebanon. S/17730/Rev.
2.
VETO 1/30/1986 Vetoed: 13-1 (US), with one abstention Occupied Territories: Calls upon Israel to
(Thailand) respect Muslim holy places. S/17769/Rev. 1
VETO 2/6/1986 Vetoed: 10 -1 (US), with 4 abstentions Libya/Israel: Condemns Israeli interception
(Australia, Denmark, France, UK) 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' of
previous calls on Israel to withdraw its forces
from Lebanon and urges all parties to
withdraw".
592 8 December 1986 14-0-1 (abstention: US) Condemns killing of students by Israel in the
Palestinian territories
605 22 December 1987 14-0-1 (abstention: United States) Practices in the Israeli-occupied territories
607 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 Lebanon: Draft strongly deplored repeated
(UK) Israeli attacks against Lebanese territory and
other 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 withdrawal
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 9
December 1988; (S/20322)
VETO 1988 vetoed 14-1 (US) Occupied territories: Draft called on Israel to
accept de jure applicability of the 4th Geneva
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 Palestinian
civilians, and condemned policies and
practices of Israel that violate the human
rights of the Palestinian people in the
occupied territories; (S/19780)
VETO 2/17/1989 Vetoed 14-1 (US) Occupied territories: Strongly deplored
Israeli policies and practices in the occupied
territories, 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 occupied
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territories
641 30 August 1989 14-0-1 (abstention: United States) Deportation of Palestinians from the occupied
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 to
create a commission and send three security
council members to Rishon Lezion, where an
Israeli 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 mission
investigating 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 Israel
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 Council
resolutions 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 Strip
VETO 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 east
Jerusalem (called Jabal Abu Ghneim by the
Palestinians and Har Homa by Israel), as well
as all the other Israeli settlement activity in
the 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), Call for UN Observers Force in West Bank,
with four abstentions Gaza
(Britain, France, Ireland and Norway)
VETO 12/14/2001 Vetoed 12-1 (US) Condemned acts of terror, demanded an end
with two abstentions to violence and the establishment of a
(Britain and Norway) 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 The situation in the Middle East, including
voting) the Palestinian question
1403 4 April 2002 (14-1) (Syria did not participate in the Middle East/Palestine
voting)
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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 Palestinian
question
VETO 12/19/2002 12-1 (US) On the killing by Israeli forces of several UN
with two abstentions employees and the destruction of the World
(Bulgaria and Cameroon) Food Programme (WFP) warehouse
VETO 9/16/03 Vetoed 11-1 (US) Demand that Israel halt threats to expel
with three abstentions Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat
(Britain, Germany and Bulgaria)
1515 19 November 2003 Adopted unanimously endorsing the "road-map" for Israeli-
Palestinian peace
VETO 10/14/03 Vetoed 10-1 with four absentations Seeks to bar Israel from extending security
(Britain, Germany, Bulgaria and fence
Cameroon)
VETO 3/25/04 Vetoed 11-1 (US) Condemns Israel for killing Ahmed Yassin
with three absentations
(Britain, Germany, Romania)
1544 19 May 2004 14 to 0, with 1 abstention (United calling on Israel to cease demolishing
States) Palestinian homes

VETO 10/05/04 Vetoed 11-1 (US) Calls For Israel To Halt Gaza Operation
with three absentations
(Britain, Germany, Romania)
VETO 7/13/06 Vetoed 10-1 (US) 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
VETO 11/11/06 Vetoed 10-1 (US) Calls For Israel To Halt Gaza Operation
with four abstentions
(Britain, Denmark, Japan and Slovakia)
1729 15 December 2006 Adopted unanimously The situation in the Middle East
1748 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 The situation in the Middle East, including
from Libya the Palestinian question
1860 9 January 2009 Adopted 14-0-1 with one abstention The situation in the Middle East, including
from the United States the Palestinian question

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Data on vetoed UNSCRs taken from: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/UN/usvetoes.html

Data on adopted UNSCRs taken from: http://wapedia.mobi/en/United_Nations_Security_Council_resolution
http://wapedia.mobi/en/List_of_United_Nations_resolutions_concerning_Israel

Table prepared by: Lara Friedman

Director of Policy & Government Relations
Americans for Peace Now
Tel: 202-408-9898
LFriedman@PeaceNow.org