United States
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- United States has participated in 2450 votes since 4 March 1994, most recently on 23 December 2009
United States 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 States…
| voted alone (out of 117 nations) in favour of | The amendments to draft resolution A/59/L.51, contained in document A/59/L.52,. | 20 December 2004 |
| voted alone (out of 120 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/55/L.39 (resolution 55/49). | 29 November 2000 |
| voted alone (out of 94 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/56/L.12, as orally amended, (resolution 56/7). | 21 November 2001 |
| voted alone (out of 98 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/54/L.35, as orally revised, (resolution 54/35). | 24 November 1999 |
| voted alone (out of 188 nations) against | Draft resolution XVII (resolution 62/164). | 18 December 2007 |
| voted alone (out of 186 nations) against | The draft resolution (resolution 61/146). | 19 December 2006 |
| voted alone (out of 186 nations) against | Draft resolution X (resolution 61/163). | 19 December 2006 |
| voted alone (out of 171 nations) to abstain on | The draft resolution, as a whole, (resolution 49/74). | 15 December 1994 |
| voted alone (out of 170 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution G (resolution 49/75 G). | 15 December 1994 |
| voted alone (out of 125 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/50/L.25 (resolution 50/18). | 27 November 1995 |
| voted alone (out of 147 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution A (resolution 50/28 A). | 6 December 1995 |
| voted alone (out of 118 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/51/L.16, (resolution 51/19). | 14 November 1996 |
| voted alone (out of 158 nations) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 52/14). | 20 November 1997 |
| voted alone (out of 127 nations) to abstain on | The draft resolution as orally revised (resolution 53/34). | 25 November 1998 |
| voted alone (out of 185 nations) against | Draft resolution XX (resolution 63/187). | 18 December 2008 |
| voted alone (out of 184 nations) against | Draft resolution IV (resolution 62/141). | 18 December 2007 |
| voted alone (out of 182 nations) against | Draft resolution XIII (resolution 58/179). | 22 December 2003 |
| voted alone (out of 182 nations) against | Draft resolution XXXIII (resolution 63/72). | 2 December 2008 |
| voted alone (out of 182 nations) against | The draft resolution (resolution 60/46). | 8 December 2005 |
| voted alone (out of 182 nations) against | Draft resolution XXIX (resolution 63/68). | 2 December 2008 |
Minority votes in the Security Council
For a permanent member a vote against constitutes a veto.
- 18 March 1994 – The situation in the occupied Arab territories Letter dated 25 February 1994 from the Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1994/222) Letter dated 25 February 1994 from the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1994/223)
- 18 March 1994 – The situation in the occupied Arab territories Letter dated 25 February 1994 from the Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1994/222) Letter dated 25 February 1994 from the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1994/223)
- 30 September 1994 – The situation in Somalia Report by the Secretary-General concerning the situation in Somalia (S/1994/1068)
- 17 May 1995 – The situation in the occupied Arab territories Letter dated 8 May 1995 from the representatives of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1995/366) Letter dated 8 May 1995 from the Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1995/367)
- 28 September 1996 – The situation in the occupied Arab territories Letter dated 26 September 1996 from the Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1996/790) Letter dated 26 September 1996 from the Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1996/792)
- 7 March 1997 – The situation in the occupied Arab territories
- 21 March 1997 – The situation in the occupied Arab territories Letter dated 19 March 1997 from the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1997/235)
- 7 October 2000 – The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question Letter dated 2 October 2000 from the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2000/928) Letter dated 2 October 2000 from the Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2000/929) Identical letters dated 2 October 2000 from the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and to the President of the Security Council (S/2000/930) Letter dated 2 October 2000 from the Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2000/934) Letter dated 2 October 2000 from the Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2000/935)
- 27 March 2001 – The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question
- 28 September 2001 – Security Council resolution 1054 (1996) of 26 April 1996
Ambassadors
People who have spoken in the General Assembly or Security Council in the name of United States. Sometimes ministers or heads of state take the place of the official ambassador of the day.
| Name | Speeches | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Abdul-Aleem | 1 | 26 October 1995 | 26 October 1995 |
| Mr. Acklie | 1 | 3 November 2005 | 3 November 2005 |
| Mrs. Albright | 75 | 16 March 1994 | 12 September 2000 |
| Ms. Albright | 1 | 6 March 1996 | 6 March 1996 |
| Ms. Ameri | 1 | 8 December 2005 | 8 December 2005 |
| Mr. Atwood | 1 | 17 September 1998 | 17 September 1998 |
| Ms. Barnes | 1 | 6 December 2006 | 6 December 2006 |
| Ms. Barrett | 1 | 4 December 2006 | 4 December 2006 |
| Ms. Baskette | 1 | 10 November 1999 | 10 November 1999 |
| Mr. Belk | 1 | 25 November 1998 | 25 November 1998 |
| Ms. Bergeron | 2 | 28 July 1999 | 17 December 1999 |
| Mr. Biden | 1 | 12 December 2000 | 12 December 2000 |
| Mr. Birenbaum | 8 | 12 December 1994 | 23 December 1995 |
| Mr. Blaney | 1 | 19 December 1994 | 19 December 1994 |
| Ms. Bohn | 1 | 19 December 1994 | 19 December 1994 |
| Mr. Bolton | 43 | 4 August 2005 | 6 December 2006 |
| Mr. Bond | 2 | 7 April 1999 | 8 June 1999 |
| Mr. Brencick | 13 | 18 July 2005 | 12 February 2007 |
| Mr. Bridgeland | 1 | 26 November 2002 | 26 November 2002 |
| Mr. Brisben | 1 | 12 December 2007 | 12 December 2007 |
| Mr. Brown | 2 | 21 November 2001 | 14 November 2002 |
| Mr. Burleigh | 62 | 14 August 1997 | 17 December 1999 |
| President Bush | 11 | 10 November 2001 | 13 November 2008 |
| Mr. Carmichael | 1 | 26 October 2000 | 26 October 2000 |
| Mr. Carp | 5 | 31 October 2000 | 20 December 2000 |
| Ms. Carter-Foster | 1 | 31 March 2008 | 31 March 2008 |
| Ms. Chambers | 1 | 17 December 1996 | 17 December 1996 |
| Mr. Christopher | 3 | 29 September 1994 | 26 September 1995 |
| Ms. Clapp | 1 | 17 November 1998 | 17 November 1998 |
| President Clinton | 8 | 26 September 1994 | 7 September 2000 |
| Mr. Conner | 1 | 6 November 1995 | 6 November 1995 |
| Mr. Cooper | 1 | 15 September 2008 | 15 September 2008 |
| Ms. Corkery | 4 | 7 October 2003 | 17 December 2003 |
| Ms. Costa | 2 | 16 October 2002 | 15 November 2002 |
| Ms. Cowal | 1 | 20 December 1994 | 20 December 1994 |
| Mr. Cunningham | 125 | 20 December 1999 | 14 June 2004 |
| Mr. Danforth | 17 | 19 July 2004 | 13 January 2005 |
| Mr. Davison | 2 | 11 December 2001 | 8 November 2002 |
| Mr. DeCotiis | 4 | 28 November 1995 | 15 December 1995 |
| Mr. DeLaurentis | 10 | 28 November 2007 | 13 November 2009 |
| Mr. Delgado | 1 | 15 December 1999 | 15 December 1999 |
| Ms. DiCarlo | 44 | 8 August 2008 | 4 December 2009 |
| Mr. Donlon | 1 | 2 December 1994 | 2 December 1994 |
| Mr. Donovan | 2 | 3 July 2003 | 26 May 2009 |
| Mr. Dugan | 5 | 20 December 1995 | 2 October 2006 |
| Mr. Dybul | 1 | 11 June 2008 | 11 June 2008 |
| Mr. Eldon | 1 | 13 June 2000 | 13 June 2000 |
| Mr. Erdmann | 1 | 3 December 2002 | 3 December 2002 |
| Mr. Farar | 3 | 7 October 1999 | 15 December 1999 |
| Mr. Fauci | 1 | 10 June 2008 | 10 June 2008 |
| Mr. Fendrick | 4 | 28 February 2005 | 12 July 2005 |
| Mr. Floyd | 1 | 7 December 2006 | 7 December 2006 |
| Mr. Fox | 1 | 22 December 2003 | 22 December 2003 |
| Mr. Gallagher | 2 | 9 December 1999 | 22 December 1999 |
| Mr. Gallegos | 3 | 25 October 1994 | 7 November 1994 |
| Mr. García | 1 | 5 April 2007 | 5 April 2007 |
| Mr. Gardner | 1 | 1 December 2000 | 1 December 2000 |
| Mr. Garza | 2 | 28 October 2004 | 2 December 2004 |
| Mr. Gelber | 10 | 15 November 1994 | 18 December 1996 |
| Mr. Gelder | 1 | 21 December 1995 | 21 December 1995 |
| Mr. Ghafari | 2 | 4 November 2004 | 10 December 2004 |
| Mr. Gilman | 5 | 23 October 2003 | 9 December 2003 |
| Mr. Gioia | 2 | 20 October 2008 | 4 December 2008 |
| Mr. Giuliani | 1 | 19 September 1995 | 19 September 1995 |
| Mr. Gnehm | 42 | 25 May 1994 | 21 June 1997 |
| Mr. Godard | 5 | 8 November 2005 | 26 November 2008 |
| Mr. Goddard | 1 | 30 October 2007 | 30 October 2007 |
| Mr. Grams | 1 | 11 December 1996 | 11 December 1996 |
| Mr. Grey | 1 | 5 May 1994 | 5 May 1994 |
| Mr. Gross | 1 | 17 June 2002 | 17 June 2002 |
| Mr. Guarini | 2 | 10 November 1997 | 24 November 1997 |
| Mr. Guehm | 1 | 13 December 1996 | 13 December 1996 |
| Mr. Hagen | 4 | 13 September 2007 | 11 September 2008 |
| Ms. Hall | 3 | 16 October 1997 | 16 December 1997 |
| Mr. Halperin | 1 | 21 November 2000 | 21 November 2000 |
| Ms. Halpern | 2 | 3 November 2008 | 11 December 2008 |
| Mr. Hays | 4 | 15 December 1999 | 15 June 2000 |
| Ms. Healey | 1 | 25 May 2000 | 25 May 2000 |
| Ms. Heaphy | 1 | 19 November 1998 | 19 November 1998 |
| Mr. Heidt | 2 | 6 October 2008 | 8 May 2009 |
| Mr. Hewko | 1 | 18 September 2006 | 18 September 2006 |
| Mr. Hillman | 1 | 29 June 2007 | 29 June 2007 |
| Mr. Hodgkins | 1 | 20 October 2004 | 20 October 2004 |
| Mr. Holbrooke | 35 | 11 September 1999 | 19 January 2001 |
| Mr. Holliday | 35 | 12 January 2004 | 27 May 2005 |
| Mr. Hormel | 4 | 16 October 1996 | 17 December 1996 |
| Mr. Horn | 1 | 6 December 2004 | 6 December 2004 |
| Ms. House | 2 | 10 November 2008 | 26 November 2008 |
| Mr. Howley | 2 | 15 November 1994 | 28 November 1994 |
| Ms. Hughes | 2 | 10 November 2006 | 4 October 2007 |
| Mrs. Hull | 1 | 3 December 2004 | 3 December 2004 |
| Ms. Hull | 2 | 27 October 2004 | 23 November 2004 |
| Mr. Hume | 15 | 16 December 1994 | 24 September 2001 |
| Mr. Hybl | 4 | 5 November 2001 | 12 December 2001 |
| Mr. Inderfurth | 40 | 9 March 1994 | 12 December 1996 |
| Mr. Johnson | 2 | 5 November 2001 | 3 December 2001 |
| Ms. Kamarck | 1 | 15 April 1996 | 15 April 1996 |
| Mr. Keene | 1 | 14 November 1995 | 14 November 1995 |
| Mr. Kennedy | 7 | 21 December 2001 | 23 December 2004 |
| Ms. Kennelly | 1 | 15 September 2006 | 15 September 2006 |
| Mr. Khalilzad | 53 | 13 June 2007 | 16 January 2009 |
| Ms. King | 11 | 18 December 1997 | 1 November 2000 |
| Mr. Kirkland | 3 | 1 November 1995 | 11 December 1995 |
| Ms. Knight | 2 | 18 October 2007 | 10 December 2007 |
| Mr. Kuehl | 1 | 23 December 1994 | 23 December 1994 |
| Ms. Lambert | 1 | 26 February 2001 | 26 February 2001 |
| Mr. Lawrence | 1 | 2 June 2006 | 2 June 2006 |
| Mr. Leahy | 1 | 15 December 1994 | 15 December 1994 |
| Mrs. Leeds | 1 | 18 November 1994 | 18 November 1994 |
| Mr. Londono | 1 | 13 September 1999 | 13 September 1999 |
| Ms. Low | 1 | 20 December 1994 | 20 December 1994 |
| Mr. Maalouf | 2 | 22 October 2003 | 3 December 2003 |
| Mr. Mally | 1 | 21 May 2007 | 21 May 2007 |
| Mrs. Marcus | 1 | 21 December 2001 | 21 December 2001 |
| Ms. Marcus | 5 | 12 October 2001 | 20 December 2001 |
| Mr. Marrero | 22 | 25 October 1994 | 12 November 1997 |
| Mr. Marsh | 6 | 15 December 1999 | 22 December 2005 |
| Mr. Martinez | 1 | 19 November 2002 | 19 November 2002 |
| Mr. McBride | 2 | 9 March 2007 | 19 March 2008 |
| Mr. McCarthy | 1 | 24 November 1998 | 24 November 1998 |
| Mr. McLean | 1 | 18 November 1999 | 18 November 1999 |
| Mr. McMahan | 7 | 18 July 2008 | 8 January 2009 |
| Mr. Melrose | 1 | 22 December 2006 | 22 December 2006 |
| Mr. Mercado | 1 | 11 December 2008 | 11 December 2008 |
| Mr. Metruck | 1 | 16 March 2001 | 16 March 2001 |
| Mr. Michaels | 1 | 11 November 2002 | 11 November 2002 |
| Mr. Miller | 16 | 28 April 2006 | 15 June 2007 |
| Mr. Mineta | 1 | 14 April 2004 | 14 April 2004 |
| Mr. Minton | 11 | 28 August 1998 | 22 March 2001 |
| Ms. Montoya | 6 | 6 October 1998 | 17 December 1998 |
| Ms. Moore | 4 | 26 October 2004 | 2 December 2004 |
| Mrs. Moutoussamy-Ashe | 2 | 13 November 1995 | 20 November 1995 |
| Ms. Moutoussamy-Ashe | 1 | 8 December 1995 | 8 December 1995 |
| Mr. Murray | 1 | 5 December 2007 | 5 December 2007 |
| Mr. Natsios | 2 | 27 June 2005 | 14 September 2005 |
| Mr. Negroponte | 58 | 1 October 2001 | 8 June 2004 |
| Mr. Nicholson | 1 | 20 September 2001 | 20 September 2001 |
| Mr. Noriega | 1 | 12 January 2005 | 12 January 2005 |
| Mr. O’Brien | 2 | 20 September 2005 | 29 November 2005 |
| Ms. Oakley | 1 | 20 October 1994 | 20 October 1994 |
| Mr. Olsen | 1 | 22 October 2004 | 22 October 2004 |
| Mr. Olson | 2 | 20 June 2003 | 16 January 2006 |
| Mr. Ortique | 5 | 18 November 1999 | 10 December 1999 |
| Mr. Parker | 2 | 14 December 1994 | 16 December 1994 |
| Mr. Pataki | 1 | 31 October 2007 | 31 October 2007 |
| Mrs. Patterson | 14 | 28 October 2004 | 27 October 2005 |
| Ms. Patterson | 2 | 25 August 2004 | 22 September 2004 |
| Mr. Pell | 3 | 9 December 1996 | 25 November 1998 |
| Ms. Phee | 2 | 26 October 2006 | 20 December 2006 |
| Mr. Pierson | 1 | 5 December 2001 | 5 December 2001 |
| Ms. Plaisted | 4 | 31 October 2000 | 13 October 2008 |
| Mr. Powell | 8 | 12 November 2001 | 22 September 2003 |
| Mr. Rabby | 2 | 17 December 1999 | 23 July 2002 |
| Mr. Rashkow | 2 | 2 April 2007 | 31 March 2009 |
| Mr. Rees | 5 | 19 November 2007 | 21 December 2007 |
| Ms. Rice | 34 | 17 September 2005 | 17 December 2009 |
| Mr. Richardson | 45 | 27 February 1997 | 13 July 1998 |
| Mr. Robinson | 9 | 15 October 1996 | 17 December 1996 |
| Mr. Rosand | 1 | 13 September 2004 | 13 September 2004 |
| Mr. Rosenblatt | 5 | 19 October 2001 | 25 July 2003 |
| Mr. Rosenstock | 6 | 19 October 1994 | 26 January 2001 |
| Mr. Rosenthal | 1 | 22 October 2001 | 22 October 2001 |
| Mr. Ross | 2 | 30 November 2006 | 14 December 2006 |
| Mr. Rostov | 1 | 20 May 2004 | 20 May 2004 |
| Mr. Rostow | 7 | 4 October 2002 | 20 July 2005 |
| Mrs. Wolcott Sanders | 1 | 20 March 2006 | 20 March 2006 |
| Ms. Sanders | 7 | 24 July 2006 | 23 March 2007 |
| Ms. Wolcott Sanders | 20 | 30 May 2006 | 22 June 2007 |
| Dr. Satcher | 1 | 10 January 2000 | 10 January 2000 |
| Ms. Sauerbrey | 1 | 15 September 2006 | 15 September 2006 |
| Ms. Savage | 1 | 17 December 1999 | 17 December 1999 |
| Mr. Schifferdecker | 1 | 19 December 1995 | 19 December 1995 |
| Mr. Gerald Scott | 1 | 15 June 2005 | 15 June 2005 |
| Mr. Scott | 6 | 16 December 2002 | 10 October 2007 |
| Ms. Serwer | 2 | 21 December 2001 | 31 January 2002 |
| Mrs. Shearouse | 1 | 13 June 1997 | 13 June 1997 |
| Ms. Shearouse | 3 | 18 December 1998 | 29 June 1999 |
| Mrs. Shestack | 2 | 10 March 2000 | 14 February 2001 |
| Ms. Shestack | 2 | 6 October 2005 | 29 June 2007 |
| Mr. Siegel | 2 | 28 November 2006 | 1 December 2006 |
| Mr. Sievering | 1 | 17 October 1994 | 17 October 1994 |
| Mr. Siv | 27 | 19 November 2001 | 14 November 2005 |
| Mr. Sklar | 2 | 26 June 1998 | 23 November 1998 |
| Mr. Smith | 2 | 30 October 2000 | 19 December 2000 |
| Mr. Smolik | 1 | 17 November 2008 | 17 November 2008 |
| Mr. Snyder | 3 | 20 October 2000 | 21 December 2000 |
| Ms. Soderberg | 37 | 27 January 1998 | 26 January 2001 |
| Mr. Southwick | 1 | 18 September 1998 | 18 September 1998 |
| Mr. Spitzer | 3 | 21 November 1997 | 15 December 1997 |
| Mr. Squadron | 4 | 7 October 1998 | 23 November 1998 |
| Ms. Steele | 1 | 24 November 1999 | 24 November 1999 |
| Mr. Steinberg | 1 | 28 November 2000 | 28 November 2000 |
| Mr. Stoffer | 5 | 13 February 2001 | 5 August 2004 |
| Ms. Tahir-Kheli | 2 | 7 April 2005 | 12 July 2005 |
| Ms. Takamura | 1 | 4 October 1999 | 4 October 1999 |
| Mrs. Tamlyn | 3 | 23 December 2003 | 20 December 2004 |
| Ms. Tamlyn | 1 | 9 February 2004 | 9 February 2004 |
| Ms. Thurman | 1 | 2 November 2000 | 2 November 2000 |
| Mr. Traystman | 2 | 21 December 2007 | 23 December 2008 |
| Mr. Twining | 1 | 13 May 2003 | 13 May 2003 |
| Mr. Urbanic | 1 | 24 August 2005 | 24 August 2005 |
| Ms. Verville | 1 | 31 May 2001 | 31 May 2001 |
| Mr. Walker | 3 | 4 March 1994 | 31 March 1994 |
| Mr. Wallace | 7 | 8 May 2006 | 17 September 2007 |
| Ms. West | 1 | 10 December 2002 | 10 December 2002 |
| Ms. Williams-Manigault | 1 | 21 April 1995 | 21 April 1995 |
| Mr. Williamson | 31 | 30 January 2002 | 7 July 2003 |
| Ms. Willson | 14 | 8 December 1998 | 9 December 2008 |
| Ms. Wolcott | 6 | 17 October 2007 | 17 December 2007 |
| Mr. Wolf | 2 | 9 December 2005 | 19 December 2005 |
| Mr. Wolff | 50 | 23 December 2005 | 13 November 2009 |
| Mr. Wood | 1 | 23 April 1996 | 23 April 1996 |
| Mr. Wulf | 2 | 4 November 1999 | 6 November 2000 |
| Mr. Yamamoto | 1 | 27 January 2006 | 27 January 2006 |
| Mr. Rodger Young | 1 | 26 November 2007 | 26 November 2007 |
| Mr. Young | 2 | 7 December 1994 | 29 November 2007 |
| Ms. Zack | 1 | 20 December 2004 | 20 December 2004 |
