Russia, China Blocking Syria Aid Is 'Stain on Humanity' Says UN Ambassador
BY ADLA MASSOUD ON 7/10/20 AT 12:07 PM EDT
Russia and China cast vetoes on Tuesday to block the 15-member U.N. Security Council from extending its approval for 12 months of humanitarian aid deliveries to Syria from Turkey through two border crossings.
Russia then put forward its own text that would only approve one of those crossings for aid access for six months. It also failed to win the necessary support for adoption on Wednesday.
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Kelly Craft, who has taken this veto by Russia and China personally, calls it "a stain on humanity" in an exclusive interview with Newsweek.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-china-blocking-syria-aid-stain-humanity-un-ambassador-kelly-craft-1516941