The Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council hold a veto power to shoot down any "substantive" resolution. The permanent members are the United States, China, France, UK, and Russia. In the Security Council's history, the Soviet Union (predecessor as a permanent member) has put forth half of the vetoes in the history of the use of the veto power.
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The United Nations Security Council veto power is the power of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) to veto any "substantive" resolution. However, a permanent member's abstention or absence does not prevent a draft resolution from being adopted.[
