Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 14, No. 5. May 24, 1951
No Vote—No Veto
No Vote—No Veto
The position is, therefore, that Russia neither voted nor vetoed, and furthermore, the unilateral declaration by the USSR that its voluntary abstention would make it impossible for the Security Council to take nonprocedural decisions having legal force has, in fact, no basis in the Charter.
D. J. Morrison-Wilpred.