UN General Assembly
1947

In particular, we sought to prohibit the use of the veto in connexion with the peaceful adjustment of international disputes by the Security Council or with such matters of administration as the Security Council’s recommendations for the admission to this Organization of new Members. Our proposals were not adopted, mainly because it was intimated to the Conference at San Francisco, not obscurely, that the Charter would hot' be signed at all if the veto power was limited. At the same time we were told that the permanent members would not use their veto power wilfully to obstruct the operations of the Security Council.