拒否権(きょひけん)

きょひけん
noun
veto; veto power
formalpoliticslaw
1. veto; veto power
The right to block a decision single-handedly, best known as the power held by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and by the US president over bills passed by Congress.
拒否権(きょひけん)を行使(こうし)する。
To exercise a veto.
常任(じょうにん)理事国(りじこく)には拒否権(きょひけん)がある。
The permanent members have veto power.
一国(いっこく)の拒否権(きょひけん)によって、安保理(あんぽり)の決議案(けつぎあん)は否決(ひけつ)された。
The Security Council resolution was voted down by one country's veto.

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Similar words

  • 拒否(きょひ): refusal, rejection — the general act; 拒否権(きょひけん) is a formal right
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