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UNITED NATIONS: China's First Veto
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- Publisher
- TIME
- Original language
- en
- Link
- https://time.com/archive/6844248/united-nations-chinas-first-veto/Accessed 23 September 2026
Editorial annotation
Contemporary 1972 news-magazine account, consulted via citation, of the vote count on the vetoed draft resolution and China's stated reasoning, tied to the unresolved status of Pakistani prisoners of war and Pakistan's non-recognition of Bangladesh.