US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power (center L) and her Australian counterpart Gary Quinlan (upper R) vote against a Palestinian-drafted Security Council resolution, at the UN headquarters in New York, on Dec. 30, 2014. The UN Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt a Palestinian-drafted resolution urging the end of Israel occupation by the end of 2017. (Xinhua/Niu Xiaolei)