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Urgent: UN Security Council fails to adopt Russian-drafted resolution on OPCW probe of chemical attack in Syria's Douma

Xinhua,April 11, 2018 Adjust font size:

UNITED NATIONS, April 10 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt a Russian-drafted resolution on an investigation by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) into the alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria.

The text received only five votes in favor, failing to pass the threshold of nine. Enditem