Julia Conley is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
As the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance worldwide has skyrocketed by 150% over the last decade, five powerful countries on the United Nations Security Council have had hundreds of opportunities to vote for progress in some of the world's most protracted conflicts—but in dozens of cases, countries including the United States and Russia have instead vetoed peace and security resolutions.
has used its veto power six times to block resolutions perceived as unfavorable to its ally Israel,' said Oxfam. 'The U.S. vetoes have created a permissive environment for Israel to expand illegal settlements in the Palestinian territory with impunity.' P5 vetoes have 'more often than not,' said Oxfam executive director Amitabh Behar, 'contradicted the will of the U.N. General Assembly, in which all states are represented.
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