Russia and China vetoed a UN security Council resolution with sanctions against Syria
Paper prepared by Britain and France, scored the minimum required for the adoption of nine votes.
UN 28 Feb. /Offset. TASS Oleg Zelenin/. Russia and China blocked the adoption of UN Security Council draft resolution calling for sanctions against Syria for the attack with the use of toxic substances, attributed to Damascus.
The document prepared by the Western countries, scored the minimum required for the adoption of nine votes, prompting Moscow and Beijing to use its veto
In addition to Russia and China, against the draft resolution spoke Bolivia, while Egypt, Kazakhstan and Ethiopia abstained. “The draft resolution was not adopted, since he voted against at least one of the permanent members of the security Council,” announced presiding in the security Council in February, the Ukrainian diplomat Vladimir Yelchenko.
The draft resolution, at the end of December was circulated by Britain and France. Contemplated by the sanctions include a ban on the supply of any helicopters to the government, the army and the state structures of the country. As grounds for such measures are called conclusions of the investigation Commission of the UN and the OPCW, having put on Damascus responsible for three chemical attack, during which the containers with chlorine, presumably, dropped from military helicopters.
Russia and Syria have found the conclusions convincing.
The draft resolution also stipulates targeted sanctions against a number of individuals and non-governmental organizations allegedly involved in chemical attacks.
The US believes Russia’s position “outrageous”
February 24, Deputy permanent representative to the UN Vladimir Safronkov on the results of the closed meeting of the security Council stated that Russia would veto the resolution.
US Ambassador Nikki Haley called Russia’s position “outrageous”
“How long Russia will babysit the Syrian regime and seek to justify it? People died from suffocation, it is barbarism”, she said, adding that now is the right time for the adoption of the resolution, regardless of the “will impose on it the veto or not.”
“People died, and the United States can not sit silently,” said Haley.