US manouevres successfully in the UN. It did not have to use its veto.

The failure of the UN as a world body has never had the chance to express its will because the US has always been able to sabotage it.
Here is another example of it:

U.N. Rejects Palestinian Resolution After U.S., Israeli Maneuvering

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The United Nations Security Council has rejected a resolution demanding an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories within three years, following U.S. and Israeli pressure against it. The draft resolution also called for a peaceful solution between Israel and a sovereign Palestinian state within 12 months. Of the 15 members of the U.N. Security Council, only the United States and Australia voted against the measure. But it needed nine votes to pass and only received eight after Nigeria decided at the last minute to abstain from voting. The Guardian reports both U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, to ask him to oppose the measure. The United States was expected to veto the measure if it passed. The vote comes amidst widening support for Palestinian statehood, with an increasing number of European countries taking steps to recognize Palestine. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power explained why the U.S. objected

I honestly hope that one day some one can cut the Achilles tendon of the US and cripple it in its shenanigans at the UN.