Bagpuss,

Our posts must have crossed,

Neither Russia, France or Britain has used its power of veto since the demise of the USSR. Since that time the veto has only been used on six occasions, twice by China and four times by the USA.

That means that the bulk of vetos used were cast during the "cold war" years where the US and USSR used them to block each other. The USA did not use its power of veto until 1966. Between 1966 and 1995 the USA used its veto more often than the USSR/Russia, probably because more motions were sponsored by UUSR/Russia.