History & Civics
(A) The Security Council’s five permanent members have the veto power.
(R) If a permanent member abstains from voting it does not amount to a veto.
- (R) contradicts (A)
- (R) is the reason for (A)
- (A) is true but (R) is false
- (A) and (R) are independent of each other.
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(A) and (R) are independent of each other.
Explanation — A negative veto, or veto, only occurs when a permanent member is present and votes against a resolution. Therefore, if a permanent member abstains from voting it does not amount to a veto. Hence, the above given statements are both true but unrelated to each other.
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