{"id":12583,"date":"2012-07-20T01:03:22","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T23:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/07\/update-4-russia-china-veto-un-security-council-resolution-on-syria\/"},"modified":"2012-07-20T01:03:22","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T23:03:22","slug":"update-4-russia-china-veto-un-security-council-resolution-on-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-4-russia-china-veto-un-security-council-resolution-on-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 4-Russia, China veto UN Security Council resolution on Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Russia, China block U.N. action for third time<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* U.S. and allies deplore double vetoes<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* New 30-day extension proposed for U.N. mission<\/p>\n<p> (Adds details)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Michelle Nichols<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>UNITED NATIONS, July 19 (Reuters) &#8211; Russia and China vetoed<br \/>\na U.N. Security Council resolution on Thursday that threatened<br \/>\nSyrian authorities with sanctions if they did not halt violence<br \/>\nagainst an uprising, thwarting Western hopes for tough action as<br \/>\nthe crisis in Syria escalates.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was the third time that Russia, a key ally of the Syrian<br \/>\ngovernment, and China have used their veto power to block<br \/>\nresolutions designed to pressure Syrian President Bashar<br \/>\nal-Assad and halt the 16-month conflict that has killed<br \/>\nthousands.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Western states that pushed the resolution reacted angrily to<br \/>\nthe Russian and Chinese vetoes.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The effect of their actions is to protect a brutal regime.<br \/>\nThey have chosen to put their national interests ahead of the<br \/>\nlives of millions of Syrians,&#8221; Britain&#8217;s U.N. ambassador, Mark<br \/>\nLyall Grant, told the 15-member Security Council after the vote.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice,<br \/>\ncalled the Russian and Chinese moves &#8220;dangerous and deplorable&#8221;<br \/>\nand said the Security Council had &#8220;failed utterly.&#8221;<br \/>\nFrench Ambassador Gerard Araud called it a sad day for Syria.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Russia, China block U.N. action for third time * U.S. and allies deplore double vetoes * New 30-day extension proposed for U.N. mission (Adds details) By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, July 19 (Reuters) &#8211; Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution on Thursday that threatened Syrian authorities with sanctions if they did [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-12583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}