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Zimbabwe: Russia, China veto UN Security Council sanctions resolution
A draft UN resolution to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe has been vetoed by Russia and China in the Security Council.The resolution would have imposed an arms embargo on the southern African country and financial and travel restrictions on President Robert Mugabe and 13 other officials. Britain, the United States and other powers had wanted sanctions following the violence that marred the presidential run-off last month, forcing opposition candidates to pull out. Nine countries - the United States, Britain, France, Burkina Faso, Belgium, Costa Rica, Italy, Panama and Croatia - voted for the resolution. China and Russia joined South Africa, Libya and Vietnam in opposing the draft, while Indonesia abstained. Opponents argued that passage of the text would undermine ongoing South African-mediated negotiations between Zimbabwe's ruling party and its opposition and would have run counter to the wishes of African Union leaders at their summit in Egypt earlier this month. America and the European Union have already imposed their own sanctions on Zimbabwe. The defeated proposal would effectively have made them global. Posted by: mrp 2008-07-11 |
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