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| Zimbabwe: Russia, China veto UN Security Council sanctions resolution |
| 2008-07-11 |
| 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 |
| #5 Well let him get his fuel and groceries from China, Russia, South Africa, Libya and Vietnam. No shit skin off our nose. Screw us for wanting to help. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-07-11 22:32 |
| #4 Opponents argued that passage of the text would undermine ongoing South African-mediated negotiations Plus I think some of China's arms shipments to ZimBob are still in transit. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-07-11 20:19 |
| #3 The UN is not a complete waste of time and money. But it is just a forum everybody gets to go to and have their say. We should have a very loose league of democracies in which membership would be exclusive. In fact, I'm thinking more a Fraternity of Democracies, or Sorority if you wish. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-07-11 20:11 |
| #2 The UN is a complete waste of time and money. I agree with McCain, we should have a League of Democracies. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2008-07-11 19:11 |
| #1 The defeated proposal would effectively have made them global. And oh, so effective, since they would have had the stamp of approval of the great UN! China and Russia would have ignored them anyway. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-07-11 19:04 |