Guest post by Gareth Bayley, UK Special Representative for Syria on the United Nations International…
Today the Security Council voted on a resolution seeking to hold accountable those who were responsible for the use of chemical weapons. The resolution failed because Russia and China vetoed it.
Remarks to the press by Ambassador Matthew Rycroft, UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on Syria
Written by Caroline Vent, Humanitarian Affairs, UK Mission to the UN
In the most dangerous situations imaginable, there are those who are tirelessly working for the benefit of others less fortunate than themselves.
As I often say in the UN Security Council: I’ll be brief.
I spent yesterday morning in a closed meeting in a room just outside the iconic Security Council at UN Headquarters. I heard from the leading advisors who know the situation on the ground in…