Of course, and we reserve the right to veto.

They should have a right of veto.

There should be no extension of the right of veto, and the use of the veto should be limited.

First, Switzerland is opposed to granting the right of veto to new permanent members.

No member had the right of veto in the Committee.

Moreover, we must do away with the right of the veto.

It is unrealistic to expect the five permanent members to give up their right to the veto.

First, we have since 1945 opposed any extension of the veto right.

Moreover, Uruguay has always questioned the existence of the right of veto.

First, the two permanent seats to be allocated to Africa must include the right of the veto.

The Government of Ecuador feels that we should consider restricting the right of veto of the permanent members to very specific subjects, with a view to eventually eliminating the veto.

Chile supports the addition of new permanent members, but without the right of veto.

The rationale of the right of the veto was born of a different era.

We must also do away with the right of veto, which often paralyses the Council.

During an interim period, the new permanent members will not individually exercise the veto right

A high level working group shall consider the extent to which the veto right is extended to new permanent members

(b) That the new permanent members shall not exercise the right of veto until the question of the extension of the right of veto to new permanent members has been decided upon in the framework of the review mandated under paragraph 7 below

Time limits should be established on the right to the veto, which, by its nature, should not be perpetual.

Likewise, as a fundamental part of that reform, we should also study the right of veto.

The lack of nuance in article 28 implied that indigenous peoples had a right of veto.

That position has not changed, and Africa clearly reiterated its principled opposition to the right of the veto at Ezulwini.

With respect to sensitive issues, including the right of the veto, the draft resolution includes unambiguous and therefore appropriate provisions.

Our preference is to limit the use of veto and to promote a veto free culture.

Veto

The Committee did not provide for the right of veto and worked on the basis of consensus.

1. The right of each permanent member of the Security Council to veto non procedural decisions of the Security Council is provided for in Article 27, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations. Questions subject to veto

On the issue of the veto, we have noted the resistance in some quarters, especially among certain permanent members, to accepting changes with respect both to the limitation and the elimination of the right of veto which has, in the eyes of the majority of States, become an anachronistic right.

We believe that the question of limiting the right of veto should be reconsidered in the coming months.

The Committee was a unique body of its kind, in which the right of veto did not exist.

Veto Oplock

Veto Oplock

A. Veto

I believe that that historical injustice must be redressed by allocating a permanent seat, along with the right of veto, to Africa.

For my delegation, the choice is straightforward either we abolish the right of veto or we grant it to new permanent members.

However, for the Council to be both effective and legitimate, the veto right should not, under any circumstances, be extended to new permanent members.

We would actually prefer that the right of veto be removed from the United Nations, as it is undemocratic.

As we understand it, Africa is seeking this right the right of veto on behalf of the entire African region, not for one or two States.

As a matter of principle, and in keeping with its historical position of rejecting the veto, Chile makes a specific reservation with regard to the granting of the right of veto to the new permanent members, whether immediately or subject to a suspension or moratorium.

Firstly, if the veto were to be extended to the new permanent members they would agree not to exercise their right until the review took place.

Firstly, if the veto were to be extended to the new permanent members they would agree not to exercise their right until the review takes place.

It is in this regard that Africa, like other regions, deserves the right of veto, as the absence of that right will only serve to perpetuate the marginalization of the continent.

The Hamas Veto

We veto it.

I veto it.

It also resolves to accord new permanent members the same prerogatives and privileges as the current permanent members, including the right of the veto.