Srebrenica: Russia vetoes UN resolution to recognise massacre as genocide
- 9 years ago
Russia has wielded its veto in the UN Security Council to block a resolution that would recognise the 1995 Srebrenica massacre as genocide.
As UN officials recall 'horrors,' Security Council fails to condemn #Srebrenica as genocide http://t.co/2HAoJAb9HQ pic.twitter.com/qJGZSUfxzs— UN News Centre (@UN_News_Centre) 8 Juillet 2015
Drafted by the UK to mark the 20th anniversary of the Bosnian War atrocity, Russia’s ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin dismissed it as “counter-productive and likely to cause greater tension in the region.”
Four other members of the Council abstained while the rest voted in favour. Serbia does not have a seat on the Council and asked ally Moscow for support during the meeting.
In Srebrenica, a peace march is retracing the path taken by thousands of Muslim men and boys who fled the eastern Bosnian town to escape the advancing Bosnian Serb forces.
Thousands march to remember #Srebrenica massacre victims http://t.co/x5W23vHtPr pic.twitter.com/WDmi
As UN officials recall 'horrors,' Security Council fails to condemn #Srebrenica as genocide http://t.co/2HAoJAb9HQ pic.twitter.com/qJGZSUfxzs— UN News Centre (@UN_News_Centre) 8 Juillet 2015
Drafted by the UK to mark the 20th anniversary of the Bosnian War atrocity, Russia’s ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin dismissed it as “counter-productive and likely to cause greater tension in the region.”
Four other members of the Council abstained while the rest voted in favour. Serbia does not have a seat on the Council and asked ally Moscow for support during the meeting.
In Srebrenica, a peace march is retracing the path taken by thousands of Muslim men and boys who fled the eastern Bosnian town to escape the advancing Bosnian Serb forces.
Thousands march to remember #Srebrenica massacre victims http://t.co/x5W23vHtPr pic.twitter.com/WDmi