UNITED NATIONS, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Friday vetoed a Kuwaiti-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution that would have asked for measures to protect Palestinians.

Ten of the 15 council members voted in favor of the draft, and four abstained. The United States was the only country that voted against the text.

As the United States has veto power as a permanent member of the Security Council, the draft failed to be adopted.

U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Thursday that her country would veto the Kuwaiti draft, blaming it as "a grossly one-sided approach that is morally bankrupt and would only serve to undermine ongoing efforts toward peace between the Israelis and Palestinians."

There is not one single mention of Hamas in the Kuwaiti text, when Hamas is chiefly responsible for the recent violence in Gaza, Haley said in a statement.

The Kuwaiti text calls for the consideration of measures to guarantee the safety and protection of the Palestinian civilian population in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in the Gaza Strip.

The language was watered down from its initial version, which called for the "dispatch of an international protection mission."