Russia Vetos UN Resolution on Sudan War

Published on November 19, 2024

Russia on Nov. 18 vetoed a United Nations Security Council draft resolution calling for the two warring parties in Sudan to immediately lay down their arms and allow the delivery of humanitarian aid. Moscow was the only member of the 15-strong council to object to the measure put forward by Britain and Sierra Leone. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said after the vote in New York that Russia’s veto was “mean, nasty, and cynical.” “I ask the Russian representative, in all conscience—sitting there on his phone—how many more Sudanese have to be killed?” Lammy said. “How many more women have to be raped? How many more children have to go without food before Russia will act?”...

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