This chapter follows the three days of Security CouncilSecurity Council sessions to debate the issues associated with the Kuwaiti Crisis of 1961. The narrative follows details of the debate with particular emphasis on the arguments and counter-arguments between the United Kingdom, Iraq, and Kuwait. Competing draft resolutions rose and fell as attendees disagreed on when the British should withdraw its forces from Kuwait and under what conditions would a guarantee of Kuwait’s security and sovereignty rest. The United Kingdom held a veto over any resolution as did the Soviet Union which backed Iraq in the sessions. The United Arab Republic walked a thin line holding a rotating member vote since it wanted to prevent a forced Iraqi annexation of Kuwait and opposed the British military intervention that blocked the former. Supporting one side completely over the other did not offer an acceptable solution to the United Arab Republic which, in turn, announced that the Arab League should oversee a solution in accordance with Arab traditions. The Security Council could not reach a solution due to the veto power of permanent members and ended three days of sessions permitting the Arab League to consider the Kuwait Crisis.