Russia and China used their veto right to block a draft UN resolution that threatened sanctions against Syria if President Bashar Assad’s government continued violence against the opposition in the country. The resolution was rejected late on Tuesday by a vote of 9-2 with four abstentions, RIA Novosti reported.
The draft resolution, prepared by UN Security Council’s European members and supported by the US, stipulated that the Assad’s regime should face the possibility of tough sanctions if it fails to stop its crackdown on opposition within 30 days since the adoption of the resolution.
Russian envoy to the UN Vitaly Churkin called the draft document «unacceptable» and reflecting a «confrontational» approach towards the resolution of the political crisis in Syria.
«The document did not contain provisions on the unacceptability of an external military intervention», Churkin said at the UN Security Council session.
The Syrian government has used force to crush opposition protests, which followed a wave of uprisings in other Arab countries, killing 2,000 people since March, according to the UN.
05/10/2011, The Guardian
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