HAPPY UNITED NATIONS DAY !!!!!!!!!!

[Daanyeer]

Source: http://politicaltheatrics.org/2009/10/2 ... tions-day/
24Oct09

‘Due to immunity from international prosecution afforded by perpetual American vetos at the United Nations Security Council, Israel has become emboldened in its attacks, to the point where its excesses have sickened most of the civilized world.
[IndyMedia]

“Ambassador Charles W. Yost cast the first U.S. veto in 1970, regarding a crisis in Rhodesia, and the U.S. cast a lone veto in 1972, to prevent a resolution relating to Israel. Since that time, it has become by far the most frequent user of the veto, mainly against resolutions criticizing Israel. This has been a constant cause of friction between the General Assembly and the Security Council, as seen with the 2003 Iraqi war which was not endorsed by the UN.”

Here is a short list of some of the said resolutions against Israel deliberately vetoed by The United States of America:

July 1973, S/10974
Vote: 13 in favor, 1 veto (US), 1 abstention.

The resolution strongly deplored Israel’s occupation of the Arab territories since 1967, and expressed serious concern with the Israeli authorities’ lack of cooperation with the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General.

January 1976, S/11940
Vote: 9 in favor, 1 veto (US), 3 abstentions

The resolution called for Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Arab territories since 1967, and deplored Israel’s refusal to implement relevant UN resolutions. It furthermore reaffirmed the right of the Palestinian people to self determination, and the right of return for Palestinian refugees.

March 1976, S/12022
Vote: 14 in favor, 1 veto (US).

In the draft, the Security Council expressed deep concern over Israeli measures to change the character of the occupied territories, in particular Jerusalem, the establishment of Israeli settlements, human rights violations, and called for an end of such measures.

June 1976, S/12119
Vote: 10 in favor, 1 veto (US), 4 abstentions.

The resolution affirmed the right of the Palestinian people to self determination, the right of return, and the right to national independence.

April 1980, S/13911
Vote: 10 in favor, 1 veto (US), 4 abstentions.

The resolution affirmed the Palestinian right to establish an independent state, the right of return or compensation for loss of property for refugees not wishing to return, and Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Arab territories since 1967.

April 1982, S/14943
Vote: 13 in favor, 1 veto (US), 1 abstention

In the draft, the Security Council denounced Israeli interference with local governance in the West Bank, and its violations of the rights and liberties of the population in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The resolution furthermore called on Israel to end all activities in breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

April 1982, S/14985
Vote: 14 in favor, 1 veto (US).

The draft strongly condemned the shooting of worshippers at Haram Al-Sharif on 11 April, 1982, and called on Israel to observe and apply the provisions of the Forth Geneva Convention, and other international laws.

June 1982, S/15185
Vote: 14 in favor, 1 veto (US).

The resolution draft condemned the Israeli non-compliance with resolutions 508 and 509, urged the parties to comply with the Hague Convention of 1907, and restated the Security Council’s demands of Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.

June 1982, S/15255/Rev. 2
Vote: 14 in favor, 1 veto (US)

The resolution demanded the immediate withdrawal of Israeli and Palestinian forces from areas in and around Beirut, and that the parties would comply with resolution 508. It furthermore requested that the Secretary General would station UN military observers to supervise the ceasefire and disengagement in and around Beirut, and that the Secretary General would make proposals for the installation of a UN force to take up positions beside the Lebanese interposition force.

August 1982, S/15347/Rev. 1
Vote: 11 in favor, 1 veto (US), 3 abstentions.

The resolution strongly condemned Israel for not implementing resolutions 516 and 517, called for their immediate implementation, and decided that all UN member-states would refrain from providing Israel with weapons or other military aid until Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory.

August 1983, S/15895
Vote: 13 in favor, 1 veto (US), 1 abstention.

The resolution called upon Israel to discontinue the establishment of new settlements in the Arab territories occupied since 1967, to dismantle existing settlements, and to adhere to the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. The resolution furthermore rejected Israeli deportations and transfers of Palestinian civilians, and condemned attacks against the Arab civilian population. The Security Council also called upon other states to refrain from giving Israel any assistance related to the settlements, and stated its intention to examine ways of securing the implementation of the resolution, in the event of Israeli non-compliance

September 1985, S/17459
Vote: 10 in favor, 1 veto (US), 4 abstentions.

The resolution draft deplored the repressive measures applied by the Israeli authorities against the Palestinian population in the occupied territories, and called upon Israel to immediately cease the use of repressive measures, including the use of curfews, deportations, and detentions.

January 1986, S/17769
Vote: 13 in favor, 1 veto (US), 1 abstention.

The resolution strongly deplored Israeli refusal to abide earlier Security Council resolutions, and called upon Israel to comply with these resolutions, as well as the norms of international law governing military occupation such as the Fourth Geneva Convention. The Security Council also expressed deep concern with violations of the sanctity of the Haram Al-Sharif, and with Israeli measures aimed at altering the character of the occupied territories, including Jerusalem.

January 1988, S/19466
Vote: 14 in favor, 1 veto (US).

The resolution called upon Israel to accept the de jure applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Times of War to the territories occupied since 1967, and to conform to the Convention. The resolution moreover called upon Israel to refrain from practices violating the human rights of the Palestinian people.

April 1988, S/19780
Vote: 14 in favor, 1 veto (US).

The resolution expressed grave concerned with the Israeli use of collective punishment, including house demolitions. It condemned the policies and practices utilized by the Israeli authorities violating the human rights of the Palestinian People, especially the killing and wounding of defenseless Palestinian civilians by the Israeli army. Called on Israel to abide to the Fourth Geneva Convention, and urged it to desist from deporting Palestinians.

February 1989, S/20463
Vote: 14 in favor, 1 veto (US).

The resolution strongly deplored Israeli persistence in violating the human rights of the Palestinian people, in particular the shooting of Palestinian civilians, including children. It also deplored Israel’s disregard of Security Council decisions, and called upon Israel to act in accordance with the Fourth Geneva Convention and relevant Security Council resolutions.

June 1989, S/20677
Vote: 14 in favor, 1 veto (US).

The resolution deplored the violations of the human rights of the Palestinian people, demanded that Israel would abstain from deporting Palestinian civilians for the occupied territories, and that it would ensure the safe return of those already deported. It also called upon Israel to comply with the Fourth Geneva Convention, and requested that the Secretary General would give recommendations on measures guaranteeing compliance with the Convention, and the protection of Palestinian civilians in the occupied territories.

November 1989, S/20945/Rev. 1
Vote: 14 in favor, 1 veto (US)

The resolution deplored the Israeli violations of the human rights of the Palestinian people, including the siege of towns, ransacking of homes, and confiscation of property. It called upon Israel to abide to the Fourth Geneva Convention, to lift the siege, and to return confiscated property to its owners. The resolution requested that the Secretary General would conduct on-site monitoring of the situation in the occupied territories.

May 1990, S/21326
Vote: 14 in favor, 1 veto (US).

The draft resolution attempted to establish a commission to examine the situation related to Israeli policies and practices in the occupied territories, including Jerusalem.

May 1995, S/1995/394
Vote: 14 in favor, 1 veto (US).

The resolution confirmed that the Israeli expropriation of Palestinian land in East Jerusalem was invalid, and called upon Israel to refrain from such actions. It also expressed its support for the Middle East peace process and urged the parties to adhere to the accord agreed upon.

March 1997, S/1997/199
Vote: 14 in favor, 1 veto (US).

The resolution expressed deep concern with the Israeli plans to build new settlements in East Jerusalem, and called upon Israel to desist from measures, including the building of settlements, that would pre-empt the final status negotiations. The resolution once again called on Israel to abide by the provisions of the Geneva Convention.

March 1997, S/1997/241
Vote: 13 in favor, 1 veto (US), 1 abstention.

The resolution demanded an end to the Israeli construction of the Jabal Abu Ghneim settlement in East Jerusalem, and to all other measures related to settlements in the occupied territories.

March 2001, S/2001/270
Vote: 9 in favor, 1 veto (US), 4 abstentions.

The resolution called for a total and immediate stop of all acts of violence, provocation, and collective punishment, as well as a complete cessation of Israeli settlement activities, and an end of the closures of the occupied territories. The resolution furthermore called for the implementation of the Sharm El-Sheikh agreement, and expressed the Security Council’s willingness to set up mechanisms to protect the Palestinian civilians, including the establishment of a UN observer force.

December 2001, S/2001/1199
Vote: 12 in favor, 1 veto (US) 2 abstentions.

In the resolution, the Security Council condemned all acts of terror, extrajudiciary executions, excessive use of force and destruction of properties, and demanded an end of all acts of violence, destruction and provocation. The resolution called on the parties to resume negotiations, and to implement the recommendations of the Mitchell Report. It also encouraged the establishment of a monitoring apparatus for the above mentioned implementation.

Many of you are unaware of the amount of UN resolutions there are against Israel,the alleged ‘only Democracy in the Middle East with the ‘most moral army’, so here it is for you in black and white (for the most part):

US Vetoes of Resolutions Against Israel, 1972-1990:

Resolution 106: “…condemns Israel for Gaza raid”
Resolution 111: “…condemns Israel for raid on Syria that killed fifty-six people”
Resolution 127: “…recommends Israel suspend its ‘no-man’s zone’ in Jerusalem”
Resolution 162: “…urges Israel to comply with UN decisions”
Resolution 171: “…determines flagrant violations by Israel in its attack on Syria”
Resolution 228: “…censures Israel for its attack on Samu in the West Bank, then under Jordanian control”
Resolution 237: “…urges Israel to allow return of new 1967 Palestinian refugees”
Resolution 248: “…condemns Israel for its massive attack on Karameh in Jordan”
Resolution 250: “…calls on Israel to refrain from holding military parade in Jerusalem”
Resolution 251: “…deeply deplores Israeli military parade in Jerusalem in defiance of Resolution 250″
Resolution 252: “…declares invalid Israel’s acts to unify Jerusalem as Jewish capital”
Resolution 256: “…condemns Israeli raids on Jordan as flagrant violation”
Resolution 259: “…deplores Israel’s refusal to accept UN mission to probe occupation”
Resolution 262: “…condemns Israel for attack on Beirut airport”
Resolution 265: “…condemns Israel for air attacks for Salt in Jordan”
Resolution 267: “…censures Israel for administrative acts to change the status of Jerusalem”
Resolution 270: “…condemns Israel for air attacks on villages in southern Lebanon”
Resolution 271: “…condemns Israel’s failure to obey UN resolutions on Jerusalem”
Resolution 279: “…demands withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon”
Resolution 280: “…condemns Israeli’s attacks against Lebanon”
Resolution 285: “…demands immediate Israeli withdrawal form Lebanon”
Resolution 298: “…deplores Israel’s changing of the status of Jerusalem”
Resolution 313: “…demands that Israel stop attacks against Lebanon”
Resolution 316: “…condemns Israel for repeated attacks on Lebanon”
Resolution 317: “…deplores Israel’s refusal to release Arabs abducted in Lebanon”
Resolution 332: “…condemns Israel’s repeated attacks against Lebanon”
Resolution 337: “…condemns Israel for violating Lebanon’s sovereignty”
Resolution 347: “…condemns Israeli attacks on Lebanon”
Resolution 425: “…calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon”
Resolution 427: “…calls on Israel to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon”
Resolution 444: “…deplores Israel’s lack of cooperation with UN peacekeeping forces”
Resolution 446: “…determines that Israeli settlements are a serious obstruction to peace and calls on Israel to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention”
Resolution 450: “…calls on Israel to stop attacking Lebanon”
Resolution 452: “…calls on Israel to cease building settlements in occupied territories”
Resolution 465: “…deplores Israel’s settlements and asks all member states not to assist Israel’s settlements program”
Resolution 467: “…strongly deplores Israel’s military intervention in Lebanon”
Resolution 468: “…calls on Israel to rescind illegal expulsions of two Palestinian mayors and a judge and to facilitate their return”
Resolution 469: “…strongly deplores Israel’s failure to observe the council’s order not to deport Palestinians”
Resolution 471: “…expresses deep concern at Israel’s failure to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention”
Resolution 476: “…reiterates that Israel’s claims to Jerusalem are null and void”
Resolution 478: “…censures (Israel) in the strongest terms for its claim to Jerusalem in its ‘Basic Law’”
Resolution 484: “…declares it imperative that Israel re-admit two deported Palestinian mayors”
Resolution 487: “…strongly condemns Israel for its attack on Iraq’s nuclear facility”
Resolution 497: “…decides that Israel’s annexation of Syria’s Golan Heights is null and void and demands that Israel rescind its decision forthwith”
Resolution 498: “…calls on Israel to withdraw from Lebanon”
Resolution 501: “…calls on Israel to stop attacks against Lebanon and withdraw its troops”
Resolution 509: “…demands that Israel withdraw its forces forthwith and unconditionally from Lebanon”
Resolution 515: “…demands that Israel lift its siege of Beirut and allow food supplies to be brought in”
Resolution 517: “…censures Israel for failing to obey UN resolutions and demands that Israel withdraw its forces from Lebanon”
Resolution 518: “…demands that Israel cooperate fully with UN forces in Lebanon”
Resolution 520: “…condemns Israel’s attack into West Beirut”
Resolution 573: “…condemns Israel vigorously for bombing Tunisia in attack on PLO headquarters”
Resolution 587: “…takes note of previous calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon and urges all parties to withdraw”
Resolution 592: “…strongly deplores the killing of Palestinian students at Bir Zeit University by Israeli troops”
Resolution 605: “…strongly deplores Israel’s policies and practices denying the human rights of Palestinians”
Resolution 607: “…calls on Israel not to deport Palestinians and strongly requests it to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention”
Resolution 608: “…deeply regrets that Israel has defied the United Nations and deported Palestinian civilians”
Resolution 636: “…deeply regrets Israeli deportation of Palestinian civilians”
Resolution 641: “…deplores Israel’s continuing deportation of Palestinians”
Resolution 672: “…condemns Israel for violence against Palestinians at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount”
Resolution 673: “…deplores Israel’s refusal to cooperate with the United Nations”
Resolution 681: “…deplores Israel’s resumption of the deportation of Palestinians”
Resolution 694: “…deplores Israel’s deportation of Palestinians and calls on it to ensure their safe and immediate return”
Resolution 726: “…strongly condemns Israel’s deportation of Palestinians”
Resolution 799: “…strongly condemns Israel’s deportation of 413 Palestinians and calls for their immediate return.”
[source for all of the above]
And folks,this is only up until 1990.

So,during this halmark event (i.e. United Nations Day) Americans can celebrate by conducting mock veto’s on any resolutions against Israel. Everyone else can sit back,relax and do nothing – afterall,this is exactly what the United Nations does [...] nothing.