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China vetoes U.N. resolution on Guatemala
January 10, 1997
Web posted at: 9:30 p.m. EST (0230 GMT)UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- China on Friday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have authorized a military observer force to back up the new peace accord in Guatemala.
China opposed the resolution because of the Central American nation's relations with Taiwan.
The vote was 14-1. China's veto -- its first in 24 years -- means the resolution does not pass.
China's last veto came in 1972 on a resolution regarding the Middle East.
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