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#UN Security Council

The principal UN body responsible for maintaining international peace and security. Incidents involve U.S. vetoes blocking ceasefire resolutions, sanctions enforcement, and actions undermining Security Council authority.

2 incidents

Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation

Repeated US Vetoes of UN Security Council Gaza Ceasefire Resolutions

The US was the sole dissenter blocking Gaza ceasefire resolutions supported by all other Security Council members, while famine and allegations of genocide continued in Gaza. The pattern of vetoes enabled continued military operations with devastating humanitarian consequences.

Grade 1 of 5: Significant Democratic Concern

Recognising Israel's Annexation of the Golan Heights (2019)

Trump reversed decades of US policy by recognising Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights. That set aside a Security Council resolution the US itself had supported and departed from the customary rule against recognising territory acquired by force. No identifiable victims of concrete harm are documented.