Feb 28, 2017
News, United Nations
Bashar al-Assad’s, British Ambassador, Chemical Weapons, Civilian Population, imposing sanctions, Joint Investigative Mechanism, Matthew Rycroft, Mounzer Mounzer, Nikki R. Haley, OPCW, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, resolution, Security Council, Syria, Syrian Ambassador, Syrian War, UN, united nations, Veto
United Nations, New York, USA, 28 February 2017 – Nikki R. Haley, United States Permanent Representative to the UN during the Security Council meeting on Syria use of Chemical weapons on there Civilian Population today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire United Nations, February 28 2017 A resolution imposing sanctions regarding the use and production of chemical weapons in Syria was rejected by the Security Council today as Russia and China vetoed the draft. After the vote, United States Ambassador Nikki Haley told the Council Russia and China had made “an outrageous and indefensible choice today” [Read More]
Aug 7, 2015
News, United Nations
Ambassador Power, Bashar Ja'afari, Chemical Weapons, chlorine attacks, Delegations, Investigative Mechanism, OPCW, OPCW Fact-Finding Mission, Politics, Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, resolution 2235, Russian Ambassador, Samantha Power, Security Council, Syria Regime, Syria war, Syrian Ambassador, Syrian Government, UN, UN resolution, UN Secretary-General, united nations, United States, Vitaly Churkin
United Nations, New York, August 07 2015 – Samantha Power, United States Permanent Representative to the UN, speaks to members of her Delegations on the way out of the UNHQ, following the adoption of resolution 2235 (2015) by the Security Council. The resolution sets out the steps for the creation of a Joint Investigative Mechanism of the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to identify individuals or entities responsible for the use of chemical weapons in Syria. On the Photo: US Ambassador Samantha Power Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire The United Nations Security Council today gave the [Read More]
