Former National Security Advisor, Gen. Michael Flynn, and current US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, pressured officials in the Obama administration to veto UN Security Council Resolution 2334 against settlements, according to a report Friday by American magazine "Foreign Policy."

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The magazine reported that hours before the vote on Dec. 23, Trump's transition team asked the State Department to urgently provide any means of communication, including phone numbers and email addresses, for ambassadors and foreign ministers of the 15-member Security Council.

Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn (Photo: EPA)

US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley (Photo: AP)

According to a former State Department official, the request was denied out of fear that it would sabotage US diplomatic goals.

"We were all under pressure—from the Israelis and the Trump administration," said an official at the UN Security Council.

The magazine's report further went on to state that current US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, attempted to call Samantha Power, who would not take the calls out of fear of being pressured to veto the resolution.

Haley apparently phoned Samantha Power's personal and office phones to no avail.

Former US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power voting for abstention (Photo: EPA)

Flynn apparently also attempted to make contact with the ambassadors of both Uruguay and Malaysia, which was confirmed by a Malaysian official who said the ambassador "was very busy with the drafting of the proposal."

Malaysian Ambassador to the UN, Ramlan Bin Ibrahim, who was one of the srongest advocates of the resolution against settlements, did not take Flynn's call.