UN General Assembly
1947

Worst of all, the veto has been used improperly. Under the provisions of the Charter and in accordance with the San Francisco declaration of the four Powers which upheld the voting procedure agreed upon at Yalta, the veto is only to be applied in matters dealt with in Chapters VI, VII, VIII and XII, that is, in matters concerned with assuring security and maintaining peace. Indeed, that is the specific function of the Security Council. The use of the veto is restrictive; it should be restrictive. Its sole object is to prevent the United Nations from exerting pressure on one of the great Powers, for fear that such pressure might endanger peace.