UNITED NATIONS: Russia and China on Thursday (Feb 28) vetoed a US resolution in the UN Security Council on addressing the crisis in Venezuela, ...
UNITED NATIONS: Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a US resolution in the UN Security Council on addressing the crisis in Venezuela, while a rival draft put forward by Moscow failed to win enough votes.
Resolutions at the council, which are legally binding, must garner nine votes to be adopted, with no vetoes from the five permanent members - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States. Russia's draft resolution - which urged a settlement"through peaceful means" and insisting that all humanitarian aid be agreed by President Nicolas Maduro's government - won only four votes: Russia, China, South Africa and Equatorial Guinea.Seven countries including the United States, European countries and Peru opposed the Russian measure and there were four abstentions.
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