more vetoes than the Soviet Union

In the last 25 years of the cold war, Britain cast twice as many vetoes in the security council as the Soviet Union - 27 compared to 13, mainly to support the racist regimes in South Africa and Rhodesia.

In the last 25 years of the cold war, Britain cast twice as many vetoes in the security council as the Soviet Union - 27 compared to 13, mainly to support the racist regimes in South Africa and Rhodesia.