Mar 1, 2017
News, United Nations
Ambassador, Chemical Weapons, Matthew Rycroft, Russian, Security Council Veto, Syria, UK, UN, United Kingdom, united nations
United Nations, New York, USA, 28 February 2017 – Ambassador Matthew Rycroft Permanent Representative of UK to the UN after the Russian Security Council Veto on the Syrian Chemical Weapons attack on there Civilian Population today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire
Feb 27, 2016
News, United Nations
Ambassador, deputy foreign minister, Gennady Gatilov, hostilities in Syria, Politics, resolution 2268, Russian, Samantha Power, Security Council, Syria, Syrian War, UN, united nations, United States, Venezuela
United Nations, February 26 2016 The United Nations (UN) Security Council unanimously adopted resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities and a grant for access to humanitarian workers to ease the suffering of the people in Syria. The resolution, which takes effect at midnight, Damascus time, comes after five years of conflict and includes all parties to the conflict excluding Daesh and Jahbat an-Nusra. Addressing delegates in the Council from Geneva, the UN special envoy for Syria Stephan de Mistura said that “Saturday will be critical” and added that “no doubt there will be no shortage of attempts to undermine [Read More]