Russia vetoes Sudan ceasefire resolution at UN Security Council
Al Jazeera
UK slams Russia for vetoing resolution urging immediate end to hostilities, talks to reach ‘national ceasefire’.
Russia has vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, as the country continues to grapple with a deadly war that has displaced millions of people and spurred a humanitarian crisis.
The resolution, authored by the United Kingdom and Sierra Leone, had called on all warring parties in Sudan to “immediately cease hostilities” and initiate a dialogue on a “national ceasefire”.
Russia was the only member of the 15-member council to vote against the measure on Monday morning, in a move that British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said was “mean, nasty and cynical”.
“One country stood in the way of the council speaking with one voice. One country is the blocker,” Lammy said after the vote.
“How many more Sudanese have to be killed, how many more women have to be raped, how many more children have to go without food before Russia will act? Russia will have to explain itself to the entire United Nations membership now.”
