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Even if the U.S. finds a way of getting nine members of the U.N. Security Council to approve an Iraq resolution, the likelihood is that at least one nation will veto it. The veto, a privilege of the Council's five permanent members, has been exercised 252 times since the U.N. was founded in 1945. It has killed many U.N. initiatives over the years, though it occasionally has been circumvented. But if the U.S. heads for Iraq in spite of a veto by France or another permanent member of the Security Council, it would mark the first time a Council...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No. Nyet. Non. Through The Years With The U.N. Veto | 3/24/2003 | See Source »

...VETO London and Paris reject the Council's cease-fire resolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No. Nyet. Non. Through The Years With The U.N. Veto | 3/24/2003 | See Source »

Ignatieff, who says he supports the war “with his heart in his mouth,” says no one nation is entirely to blame for the current crisis, pointing to the fact that had France not vowed to veto any use of force, the U.S. would have had more alternatives...

Author: By Jessica E. Vascellaro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Professors Torn On U.S. Policy Toward Iraq | 3/19/2003 | See Source »

...will be on its side. Administration officials ended last week planning to force a vote on the second U.N. resolution, even without commitments of votes from nine of the 15 Security Council members, the number needed for the second resolution to pass. France and Russia have the authority to veto, and both vowed to "block" the Security Council from sanctioning the use of force, even if the U.S. lines up the votes needed to approve it. Administration officials are betting that neither country would risk such an outright challenge to American will, knowing that the U.S. will go ahead with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy: His Lonely March | 3/17/2003 | See Source »

...Villepin's statements, which were echoed by Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, may have been just as significant for the four-letter word they pointedly avoided: veto. France and Russia could veto the second resolution if Washington strong-arms enough yes votes out of the six countries sitting on the fence, but the U.S. believes France and Russia can be stared down. Russia, in particular, is under intense U.S. pressure to keep its veto in its pocket. U.S. diplomats are trying to peel Russia away and isolate Paris, daring the French to veto the U.S. resolution on their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy: His Lonely March | 3/17/2003 | See Source »

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