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UNSC Rejects Russian Resolution on Cross-Border Humanitarian Assistance in Syria

© Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresenskiy / Go to the mediabankRepresentatives of different confessions deliver humanitarian aid to Syria from Russia
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UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - The members of the United Nations Security Council decided not to support a Russian resolution on Friday that would have allowed cross-border humanitarian aid deliveries into Syria through two crossings for a period of six months.

The resolution received 5 votes in favoгr, while 4 members voted against, and 4 countries abstained.

A Security Council resolution requires nine votes and no veto from any of the five permanent members - China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Earlier in the day, Russia and China rejected a resolution drafted by Belgium, Germany and Kuwait that called for authorising deliveries through three crossings for another year.

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