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| Russia vetoes UN resolution on Crimea; China abstains |
| 2014-03-16 |
| [DAWN] Russia vetoed a Western-backed resolution condemning the Crimea referendum at a UN Security Council emergency vote Saturday, but China abstained, isolating Moscow further on the Ukraine crisis. The draft resolution, which says Sunday's referendum would have no validity, got 13 votes in the 15-member council. But it was rejected when permanent member Russia exercised its veto. The resolution declares that the referendum on whether the semi-autonomous region should come under Kremlin rule "cannot form the basis for any alteration of the status of Crimea." China often backs Russia at the council, especially on Syria-related votes, and Western powers presented its abstention as the best possible outcome from the seventh UN emergency session since the crisis began. "Russia, isolated, alone and wrong, blocked the resolution's passage," US ambassador Samantha Power told the council. "This is a sad and remarkable moment." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 So, Russia says 'mind your own business', and China goes "I might want a come back on this'. So, possibility: the creation of 'The Crimean Republic', with a big treaty tie to Moscow. (Sort of pretends to satisfy everybody.) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-03-16 11:03 |
| #4 Something akin to voting 'present', then boarding a flight at National Airport for Chicago. "I got a first class ticket on Malaysian Air, landed in Sri Lanka none the worse for wear..." |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-03-16 10:53 |
| #3 China often backs Russia at the council, especially on Syria-related votes, and Western powers presented its abstention as the best possible outcome from the seventh UN emergency session since the crisis began. Something akin to voting 'present', then boarding a flight at National Airport for Chicago. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-03-16 03:41 |
| #2 Russia, isolated, alone and wrong, blocked the resolution's passage Are these people for real? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-03-16 03:37 |
| #1 .."alone" Ms. Power? Someone may not be in consideration of a not-so-deeply concealed meaning of a Chi(formerly com)nese abstention.? |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-03-16 00:59 |