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1st LD: Security Council fails to adopt resolution on Syria sanctions over chemical weapons

Xinhua, March 1, 2017 Adjust font size:

The UN Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt a draft resolution aiming to impose sanctions over alleged use of chemicals weapons in Syria as Russia and China vetoed it.

For the draft resolution drafted by Britain, France and the United States, nine council members voted in favor. Two veto-wielding powers Russia and China, along with Bolivia, voted against. Kazakhstan, Egypt, Ethiopia abstained.

The vote came when the intra-Syrian negotiations in Geneva are underway.

If adopted, the draft resolution would impose asset freeze and travel bans on individuals and entities associated with the Syrian government based on allegations of chemical weapon attacks made under a joint probe of the UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

The joint inquiry has concluded in its reports that the Syrian government was involved in the use of toxic chemicals as weapons in three cases, and the Islamic States had used mustard gas in one case. Endit