probably because of the support that they got from the soviet union
The Permanent members of UN can exercise veto power.China is a permanent member,so it has the veto power in UN.
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council: China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States.
In the United Nations? Yes. China is a permanent member of the Security Council and has veto power over any important UN action. India is not a permanent member of the Council and does not have veto power.
most assemblies? no single country has definitive veto power, though they can still vote against resolutions. in the Security Council, however, 5 countries have the ability to veto a resolution and make in fail regardless of voting outcome. these countries are: Russia, China, France, the UK, and the US.
The Soviet delegate was boycotting the UN Security Council over its China policy and was not present to veto the American proposal.
There are five veto wielding countries in the UN: Russia, China, France, UK and USA. They were the big winners of the second world war and they effectively sorted out the rules of the UN to suit themselves. They are the only permanent members of the UN Security Council. None wanted to have the UN tell them what to do, so they agreed that this could never happen. Now that the world has changed, none really want to give up this power, although France and the UK both say they support UN reform that would bring more countries into the Permanent Members club (such as India, Brazil and South Africa and others). Other UN members can't change the veto rights of the permanent five, without risking the use of the veto they want to abolish.
The veto power in the UN allows its five permanent members on the Security Council (USA, Russia, UK, France and China) to say no to any resolution they disagree with. The veto power once used will not allow a resolution to pass, simply based on one no vote by the permanent members.
In any case, the Soviet Union, though able to veto this, did not do so. This was due to the fact that they did not attend that particular meeting that discussed the US's intervention, mostly since the USSR was boycotting the UN's refusal to allow the People's Republic of China (then under Mao) entry to the United Nations.
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There are 15 countries that hold veto power in the UN. Any country NOT among the 15 doesn't have veto power.
Any permanent nation-member.
England is a veto power in the UN.