U.N. vote could "put Russia on the spot" for its "shameful" vetoes of Security Council action on Ukraine

United Nations — As United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres prepared to meet Russia's president in Moscow to push for a ceasefire in Ukraine, there was new action back at U.N. headquarters on Tuesday to highlight Russia's isolation and to address, symbolically at least, the global body's inability to stop the war.

The General Assembly adopted a resolution by consensus on Tuesday that will bring every use of a Security Council member nation's veto power up for scrutiny by the entire body. The draft resolution, informally called the "veto initiative," was crafted by Liechtenstein with dozens of cosponsors, including the U.S. and the U.K.