Russia vetoes UN resolution to stop bombing of Aleppo

8 October 2016

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Russia vetoed a UN resolution aimed at stopping the bombing of Aleppo on Saturday, prolonging the division and paralysis of the security council in the face of the Syria’s humanitarian disaster.

The Russian ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, currently presiding over the security council, cast the veto against a Franco-Spanish resolution that had demanded an end to all aerial bombardment and

overflights of Aleppo by Russian and Syrian regime aircraft. The resolution also called for a resumed ceasefire and the delivery of humanitarian supplies to besieged population. China abstained, further isolating

Russia on the issue, along with Angola. Venezuela was the only other country to vote with Russia against the resolution on the current 15 member UN Security Council.

According to diplomats, the UN envoy on Syria, Staffan de Mistura, told the security council that the presence of roughly 1,000 Nusra fighters was being used as a pretext for the bombing of 275,000 people and

had offered to personally escort the militant group out of the city to guarantee their safe passage. At the present rate of bombardment of eastern Aleppo, De Mistura said the city would be totally destroyed by

December. The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, called it “worse than a slaughterhouse”.

“Russia has once again abused its veto privilege and sabotaged the UN security council, this time stonewalling efforts to stop the vicious assault on east Aleppo’s civilians,” said Louis Charbonneau, UN director at

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With Moscow's UNSC veto, the Putin/Assad carpet bombing of Aleppo continues as you read this.


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Russia used its UNSC veto for 5th time on Syria so Aleppo will look more and more like this.
There are about 100,000 children trapped in the city of Aleppo.

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