The US envoy to the UN warns that the Trump administration may take action against chemical attacks in Syria that bear “all the hallmarks” of President Bashar Assad’s government if the UN Security Council fails to act.
Ambassador Nikki Haley urges the council at an emergency meeting to immediately approve a draft resolution sponsored by the US, Britain and France that condemns and threatens consequences for the use of chemical weapons.
US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley shows pictures of Syrian victims of chemical attacks as she addresses the Security Council at the UN headquarters on April 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Holding up photos of victims of a suspected chemical weapons attack yesterday that killed dozens of civilians, she accused Russia of blocking action.
She says Moscow had closed its eyes to the “barbarity” of previous chemical attacks by vetoing a resolution in late February that would have imposed sanctions on those responsible.
Russia’s deputy UN ambassador, Vladimir Safronkov, opposes the draft resolution, saying it was based on information from “discredited” groups.
Haley ends her remarks by warning that “when the United Nations consistently fails in its duty to act collectively, there are times in the life of states that we are compelled to take our own action.”
— AP
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