United Kingdom
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- United Kingdom has participated in 2453 votes since 4 March 1994, most recently on 23 December 2009
United Kingdom is a permanent member of the Security Council.
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Minority votes in the General Assembly
Sometimes these votes highlight an issue where there is a difference from the majority of the international community.
United Kingdom…
| voted alone (out of 166 nations) to abstain on | Operative paragraph 1 of the draft resolution. | 22 November 2002 |
| voted alone (out of 167 nations) to abstain on | Operative paragraph 1 of draft resolution X. | 20 November 2000 |
| voted alone (out of 162 nations) against | Operative paragraph 17. | 4 December 1998 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 180) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 62/113). | 17 December 2007 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 183) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 61/123). | 14 December 2006 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 183) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 63/102). | 5 December 2008 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 183) to abstain on | Draft resolution XVI (resolution 59/81). | 3 December 2004 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 159) to abstain on | Paragraph 1. | 29 November 2001 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 180) against | Draft resolution V, as orally amended, (resolution 62/120). | 17 December 2007 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 179) against | Draft resolution IV (resolution 62/119). | 17 December 2007 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 173) against | Draft resolution VI (resolution 59/136). | 10 December 2004 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 164) against | Draft resolution A/58/L.21 (resolution 58/111). | 9 December 2003 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 158) against | The draft resolution (resolution 55/145). | 8 December 2000 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 154) against | The draft resolution (resolution 54/92). | 6 December 1999 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 153) against | The draft resolution (resolution 56/73). | 10 December 2001 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 164) against | Draft resolution A/53/L.58 (resolution 53/68). | 3 December 1998 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 164) against | The draft resolution (resolution 51/146). | 13 December 1996 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 157) against | Draft resolution A/54/L.50 (resolution 54/91). | 6 December 1999 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 164) against | Draft resolution A/52/L.64, as orally revised, (resolution 52/78). | 10 December 1997 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 158) against | Draft resolution A/55/L.58 (resolution 55/147). | 8 December 2000 |
Minority votes in the Security Council
For a permanent member a vote against constitutes a veto.
- 14 December 2001 – The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question Letter dated 13 December 2001 from the Representative of Egypt to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2001/1191).
- 16 September 2003 – The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question Letter dated 12 September 2003 from the Permanent Representative of the Sudan to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2003/880)
- 25 March 2004 – The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question
- 5 October 2004 – The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question Letter dated 4 October 2004 from the Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2004/779)
- 27 March 2001 – The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question
- 14 October 2003 – The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question Letter dated 9 October 2003 from the Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2003/973)
- 13 July 2006 – Ediscription
- 11 November 2006 – Ediscription
- 23 June 2000 – Briefing by Mr. Carl Bildt, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Balkans
- 18 December 2000 – The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question
Ambassadors
People who have spoken in the General Assembly or Security Council in the name of United Kingdom. Sometimes ministers or heads of state take the place of the official ambassador of the day.
| Name | Speeches | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baroness Amos | 2 | 29 January 2002 | 16 September 2002 |
| Mr. Anderson | 1 | 5 December 1995 | 5 December 1995 |
| Mr. Arkwright | 1 | 15 September 1995 | 15 September 1995 |
| Lord Ashdown | 3 | 23 October 2002 | 3 March 2004 |
| Mr. Atkinson | 2 | 20 October 2000 | 21 October 2004 |
| Mrs. Beckett | 3 | 11 August 2006 | 22 September 2006 |
| Ms. Beckett | 1 | 9 May 2006 | 9 May 2006 |
| Mr. Benn | 4 | 22 September 2003 | 2 June 2006 |
| Ms. Bilal | 1 | 12 December 2007 | 12 December 2007 |
| Mr. Blair | 5 | 21 September 1998 | 14 September 2005 |
| Mr. Bradshaw | 1 | 28 November 2005 | 28 November 2005 |
| Ms. Brazier | 3 | 31 October 2005 | 22 December 2006 |
| Mr. Broucher | 1 | 11 October 2002 | 11 October 2002 |
| Mr. Brown | 4 | 16 April 2008 | 24 September 2009 |
| Mr. Cook | 6 | 22 September 1997 | 14 September 2000 |
| Ms. Cross | 1 | 18 December 2008 | 18 December 2008 |
| Mr. Davis | 2 | 6 December 2001 | 21 November 2002 |
| Ms. Davis | 5 | 15 December 2003 | 1 December 2005 |
| Mr. Eldon | 81 | 23 September 1998 | 17 September 2002 |
| Mr. Fernie | 1 | 21 May 2007 | 21 May 2007 |
| Mr. Gomersall | 45 | 31 March 1994 | 27 August 1998 |
| Mr. Grainger | 2 | 24 October 2000 | 6 December 2000 |
| Sir Mark Lyall Grant | 6 | 13 November 2009 | 23 December 2009 |
| Sir Jeremy Greenstock | 159 | 30 July 1998 | 25 July 2003 |
| Sir. Jeremy Greenstock | 1 | 8 April 2002 | 8 April 2002 |
| Mr. Hain | 3 | 29 September 1999 | 15 March 2000 |
| Mr. Hallowes | 1 | 31 May 2001 | 31 May 2001 |
| Sir David Hannay | 43 | 4 March 1994 | 16 June 1995 |
| Mr. Harrison | 25 | 21 March 2000 | 23 April 2003 |
| Mr. Hollis | 1 | 1 October 1996 | 1 October 1996 |
| Mr. Howells | 2 | 20 September 2006 | 25 September 2007 |
| Mr. Hurd | 2 | 28 September 1994 | 26 May 2009 |
| Ms. Jackson | 1 | 12 December 2007 | 12 December 2007 |
| Ms. Jeurlink | 1 | 18 December 2008 | 18 December 2008 |
| Mr. Johnston | 9 | 4 March 2005 | 21 February 2008 |
| Sir Emyr Jones-Parry | 1 | 8 June 2004 | 8 June 2004 |
| Mr. King | 10 | 22 May 2003 | 24 August 2004 |
| Mr. Lee-Smith | 1 | 20 December 2006 | 20 December 2006 |
| Mr. Llewellyn | 2 | 8 November 2005 | 7 June 2006 |
| Mr. Major | 1 | 23 October 1995 | 23 October 1995 |
| Lord Malloch-Brown | 2 | 23 September 2008 | 22 July 2009 |
| Mr. Manley | 4 | 2 December 1994 | 10 November 1997 |
| Mr. McGhee | 1 | 6 October 2005 | 6 October 2005 |
| Mr. Miliband | 7 | 27 September 2007 | 11 May 2009 |
| Mr. O’Neill | 1 | 25 October 2005 | 25 October 2005 |
| Mr. O’Reilly | 1 | 18 December 2007 | 18 December 2007 |
| Mr. Parham | 18 | 29 April 2009 | 3 December 2009 |
| Sir Emyr Jones Parry | 156 | 29 July 2003 | 10 August 2007 |
| Ms. Pierce | 75 | 20 June 2006 | 6 April 2009 |
| Mr. Pisa | 1 | 9 December 2003 | 9 December 2003 |
| Mr. Plumbly | 7 | 12 July 1995 | 30 May 1996 |
| Ms. Purdy | 1 | 17 December 2004 | 17 December 2004 |
| Mr. Quarrey | 10 | 5 June 2008 | 29 July 2009 |
| Mr. Richmond | 12 | 27 February 1997 | 21 September 1999 |
| Mr. Rifkind | 4 | 26 September 1995 | 27 September 1996 |
| Lord Robertson | 1 | 31 March 2008 | 31 March 2008 |
| Baroness Royall | 1 | 15 September 2006 | 15 September 2006 |
| Mr. Sawers | 2 | 18 December 2008 | 22 December 2008 |
| Sir John Sawers | 77 | 28 August 2007 | 14 October 2009 |
| Baroness Scotland | 1 | 19 June 2008 | 19 June 2008 |
| Ms. Short | 1 | 10 December 1998 | 10 December 1998 |
| Mr. McKenzie Smith | 1 | 28 November 2007 | 28 November 2007 |
| Ms. Smith | 2 | 25 November 1998 | 30 September 1999 |
| Mr. Steer | 1 | 11 June 2008 | 11 June 2008 |
| Mr. Straw | 13 | 11 November 2001 | 31 October 2005 |
| Baroness Taylor | 1 | 11 November 2009 | 11 November 2009 |
| Mr. Thomas | 2 | 2 April 2008 | 8 December 2009 |
| Mr. Thompson | 1 | 24 November 2003 | 24 November 2003 |
| Mr. Thomson | 53 | 22 October 2002 | 17 April 2006 |
| Mr. Thorne | 2 | 31 March 1998 | 26 June 1998 |
| Lord Triesman | 1 | 18 September 2006 | 18 September 2006 |
| Baroness Vadera | 1 | 23 October 2007 | 23 October 2007 |
| Mr. Vaughn-Fenn | 1 | 23 December 1994 | 23 December 1994 |
| Ms. Walpole | 1 | 14 July 2005 | 14 July 2005 |
| Mr. Watson | 1 | 10 October 2005 | 10 October 2005 |
| Sir John Weston | 63 | 7 August 1995 | 30 June 1998 |
| Mr. White | 1 | 12 December 2007 | 12 December 2007 |
| Mr. Williams | 3 | 10 December 2004 | 20 September 2005 |
| Ms. Wilmshurst | 4 | 6 December 1994 | 13 November 1995 |
| Mr. Wilson | 2 | 16 April 1996 | 6 December 1996 |
| Mr. Wood | 2 | 5 May 1994 | 16 December 2005 |
