Russia vetoes UN Security Council action on Sudan war

19/11/2024 6:28

        Russia on Monday vetoed a United Nations Security Council draft resolution that called on Sudan's warring parties to cease hostilities immediately and ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid.
        
        All other countries of the 15-member council, including China, voted in favor of the measure drafted by Britain and Sierra Leone.
        
        Russia was the sole member to vote against, in a move that British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said was "mean, nasty and cynical" and sent a message to the warring parties that they can act with impunity.
        
        War erupted in April 2023 from a power struggle between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ahead of a planned transition to civilian rule, and triggered the world's largest displacement crisis.
        
        The draft resolution called on the parties to the conflict to "immediately cease hostilities and engage, in good faith, in dialogue to agree steps to de-escalate the conflict with the aim of urgently agreeing a national ceasefire."