U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice (C) votes following closed-door consultations among the 15 Security Council members at the United Nations headquarters in New York, the United States, Feb. 18, 2011. The United States, a permanent Security Council member, on Friday vetoed a UN draft resolution that condemned continued Israeli settlement activities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem and demanded Israel " immediately and completely cease" all such activities in the occupied Palestinian territories. [Shen Hong/Xinhua] |
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