for a vote. our resolutions are similar but there are important differences the key point is our resolution guarantees that any investigations will truly be independent russia's resolution gives russia itself the chance to choose the investigators and then to assess the outcome there is nothing independent about that the united states is not asking to choose the investigators and neither should russia the united states is not asking to review the findings of any investigation before they are final and neither should russia all of us say we want an independent investigation our resolution achieves that goal russia's does not this is not an issue that more time or more consultations could have resolved at a certain point you're either for an independent and impartial investigation or

you're not and now that the duma tack has happened this is not a decision that we can delay any longer. the united states calls on all security council members to vote in favor of our resolution and to abstain or vote against the russian draft the syrian people are counting on us and. a lot of thought who know or who are you don't suppose they don't love a lot of the fruit and the representative of the russian federation. that we mr president. got thirty three united states today is once again trying to mislead the international community and is making yet one more step towards confrontation. but by putting to a vote a draft resolution which does not have unanimous support of security council members the difference it is not true that almost all requirements are

taken in there that the text here is nothing else other than attempting to recreate unchanged the former joint investigative mechanism of the in the cases of chemical weapons use in syria the gym you need europe and russia is underscored or was this approach will not be supported by us as a rough time with him became a puppet in the hands of our anti damascus forces because covered itself with shame when it came up with. proof over guilty verdict to a sovereign state a state without. a crutch of credit will evidence will become the american draft mutable identically reproducing all of the flawed working methods of the form a mechanism of the new mechanism to be carrying out the investigation the way it

sees fit without any kind of reference to the standards in these chemical weapons convention this has a. nothing to do with it being independent of the any independent nature which is something that lip service is being paid by the sponsors and their allies and we do know what the price for such an independence is of some of this is an icky and manipulation. at one of the stages of working on the american initiative we have insisted that the secretary general of the un should select to the staff or they investigate the mechanism on the basis of the maximally broad geographical representation and then this is to be subsequently approved by the security council which is visiting the size of incidence and strictly following the principle of six eventual an ag access whilst at the same time protecting the chain of custody of evidence is not something that is optional and has to be mandatory working principles so everyone has the security council through collective decisions there

would be a determined who is responsible for the use of chemical weapons on the basis of reliable evidence a kind of evidence that would leave no doubt in the right conclusions being reached and if you were good medical school nothing along these lines is contained in the american draft of words the answer is no it is at variance with the russian position that it will not pass is nonetheless they very determinedly consider continue insisting on it yes it is clear that the provocation step today has nothing to do with a desire to investigate what happened in syria on the seventh of april. in order to have the initial fact finding we do not need to have an attributive attributed to mechanism even if when can imagine and in possible situation that we pass a decision on its creation today then in order to put the mechanism together and

find units were it's working a couple a several months will be needed and determining the guilty party. is it end stages of a very long chain of actions you're i want to once again publicly put the following question to you why do you need the mechanism what do you need us for when you have already appointed the guilty party prior to the investigation when we're going to have you do not need the investigation if you will you do not want to hear anything you could you do not want to hear the fact that no traces of a chemical attack were found in duma post of you have simply been looking for a pretext all this time what we will do and it has been very kindly provided by the private provocateurs from the white helmets the really this is is something along the lines of march madness. exactly a year ago in april twentieth seventeen everything followed a very similar similar scenario there was

a chemical provocation coon and then there was a missile strike. well some here in actual fact the moderates are being driven by completely different priorities because of what they hope very much that the decision will not pass but this is what they want. and this is a fact that they will put in the general tally in order to justify the use of force against syria with the washington administration has put several days now been maintaining the international community and a state of tension was discussing the come and the important decisions which are coming up here of yesterday we heard of the concern about the escalation going beyond syria which was expressed by the special representative of the sector general staff and to mr ramsey and we also know this is also very much a concern of the secretary general of the u.n. and it is clear that the propaganda fire will once again bill it will be aimed at russia because my american colleagues will very carefully count the number of

russian vetoes in syria we do not exclude the possibility that he has taken upon herself the capital its commitment to make sure that through the reckless policy of the united states she can establish her own personal record here oh here is using the big veto. in order to protect international rule of law peace and security to make sure that you do not to drag the security council into your adventures. we know what it is you do tell us that we are covering up for someone we know who did three we are in syria at the invitation of the legal government in order to combat international terrorism in line with the un charter what we call who who do you cover up you cover up the fighters and the terrorists. if you took the decision to carry out an illegal military adventure and i we do hope that you will come to your senses well then you will have to bear responsibility for it yourselves what you

are trying to do is planting this resolution within the security council something that has been on the shelf for a long time ago in order to find a pretext it's not what you have stated that unequivocally several times stating that if that you were to counsel does not come up a decision you will make a decision of your honor why you did terminate lee tried to undermine the authority of the security council while pushing forward a resolution that we will not pass and many told you i told you about this yesterday during the consultations what we call upon the american side to his very soberly approach the confrontation of potential he has come to their senses and give up putting the draft to the vote russia will not be able to support the american draft thank you. rick or i thank the representative of the russian federation for his statement. or maybe i with you i

shall first go to the very top and the draft resolution if you would have contained in document slash two thousand and eighteen. over three to one committed by canada france the netherlands real real real and sweden the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland turkey and the united states of america. you know i will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document s. slash two thousand and eighteen slash three two one please understand that hand. in gone those against

up the interview and abstentions. will double the result of the voting is as follows of twelve votes in favor on that are two votes against your new one abstention. for you quarter of the draft resolution has not been adopted order owing to the negative vote of a permanent member of the council. that is what i love and i now give the floor to those members of the council who wish to make statements after the vote. very loved by lot like give the floor back to the representative of the united kingdom. thank you very much mr president this is

a sad day for the security council it's a sad day for the cause of universal norms and standards and it's a sad day for the nonproliferation regime better above all it is a very sad day for the people of duma who now without the protection that the international system was set up to provide for them which is the fourth time in six days that the council has discussed chemical weapons yesterday fourteen members of the security council called for an investigation several members called on the p five to assume their responsibilities to uphold the universal prohibition on w m d as a p five member the u.k. is ready to do that was ready to do that and was joined by france and the us

converse lee by vetoing russia has crossed a line in the international order and worse if possible history is repeating itself one year on from concha kuhn mr president russia helped create the original independent investigation that attributed conscient hoon to the syrian regime and concluded that sarin which can only be developed by a state actor have been used but last autumn russia vetoed we knew that this mechanism are not one but three occasions the reason is clear it is because russia would rather cross the w m d line than missing action of its ally syria instead we are asked to believe that the russian version of this latest attack should be the one that the. if you council believes mr president russia was not authorized by the security council to carry out an investigation in syria russia

says there were no traces of a chemical attack no traces were found by whom i repeat mr preston pressure is not authorized to carry out an investigation on behalf of the security council we need an independent investigative mechanism for that purpose and now only that sort of mechanism can have the confidence of the security council and the confidence of the membership of the un and the confidence of the people of syria sadly mr president reports of chemical weapons attacks in syria have continued since the original russian b.t.o. in november it's become very clear that russia will do what it takes to protect syria whatever the compelling evidence of the crimes committed and to shut down further investigation and discussion of those trying and this is come mr president

at the cost of russia saying obligations incredibility as a permanent member of this council as a state party to the chemical weapons convention and as a declared and supposed supporter of peace in syria. the security council has been unable to act soley because russia has abused the power of veto to protect syria from international scrutiny for the use of chemical weapons against the syrian people. even today mr president there are open source investigations have located a chlorine cylinder the same kind that the gym has found that the syrian regime used atop a house in duma for the dead bodies who clearly died from respiratory problems i frankly doubt mr president that in forty eight hours russia has very fied all similar reports and can conclude that they are all fake they are not fake mr

president they need to be looked at and investigated by a proper independent mechanism such as this council was prepared today to pass. mr president russia's credibility as a member of the council is now in question. we will not stand idly by and watch russia continue to undermine global norms which have ensured all our security including russia's for decades as a p five member the united kingdom will stand up for international peace and security is our model duty mr president it is a matter of shame that russia once again blocked a resolution the russian ambassador mentioned that it was not a question of counting the number of russian vetoes i beg to differ mr president to quote lenin quantity has a quality all of its own russia's actions today are

a step against the rules in all thirty of the security council and the wind to united nations they are a step against international peace and security and nonproliferation and they are a step against humanity thank you. for. the representative of the united kingdom for a statement and i'll give the floor to the representative of china. mr president in hong goldman one china's high leaders in the concerned over reports that say use of all and go weapons have cost of wm death and casualties in syria and you knew who we firmly opposed to use of chemical weapons like any country organization or individual under any circumstances what does house being what the clear and consistent position of china one china supports the carrying out of a comprehensive in. who objective and impartial investigation into the use of

chemical weapons. would who in syria so as to achieve a result that are based on substantial evidence and cannot pass the litmus test of history in truth bringing the perpetrators here and the parties responsible for the use of chemical weapons to justice before this there should be no prejudgment of the outcome or any arbitrary conclusions on it with by the security council has a consensus on establishing a all new mechanism of investigation and identifying the perpetrators regarding the chemical weapon attack in syria you on all parties of the security council should maintain united and insist the o.p.c. w. would be the main channel for dealing with the syrian chemical weapon issue in their effort to seek a proper solution of their consultations about these hot draft resolution that has just been put to vote at the security council had elements of consensus such as

come to me the chemical weapons attacks in syria on establishing a new mechanism of investigation in urging all parties to cooperate with the investigation and how ever vote on some specific measures in the other will have only a. very long it does not take for consideration of major causes of sound security member who council members on improving working method of the oaf the investigative mechanism aneesh. yeah in light of the above and again in light of our longstanding position on the question of what chemical weapons in syria trying to has abstained in the vote in the draft resolution mr president on here there are currently the issue of syria is at a critical stage while china remains highly sees of the situation and is not deeply concerned over the development on the ground where you go on in china always of course for respecting the solvency independence unity and territorial integrity of

syria we can insist on seeking a peaceful solution to the dispute which we oppose use force or threat to use for the international relations we advocate of the one here in any action should be taken in accordance with the un charter we go for the international community and all parties should stand on the main direction of seeking a political solution to the carson of syria step it's supposed to the main channel for mediation by the united nations push for all syrian parties based on depressive syria led as syria owned in accordance with the security council resolution twenty two fifty four to look for political solution to the question of syria while trying is ready to work with all parties in efforts to push for a political solution to the question of syria thank you mr president. i think the representative of china for your statement and i'll give the floor to the representative of a coup d'ivoire. next year we thank mr president. with mr president.

because we want to occasion you don't favor on this resolution by the united states for two main reasons and up we're here on the first one. where all of the gear that is dropped is in line with the convention collection on my country according to which i'm hanged any and all use of chemical weapons in war time as well. isn't the peace time has to be going to do that ok we've been watching live pictures there from the u.n. security council meeting this evening where there are three resolutions being voted on and the one we just we just saw there that was one of those that had the united states among its main backers this relating to a mechanism proposed for the independent investigation of chemical attacks that was defeated with a permanent member russia vetoing that particular one there were more to come this

evening from the u.n. when they did it in indeed a little later next hour and the meantime security analyst charles bridge has spoken to us and said that the syrian government had no motive to carry out such an attack. from a military perspective there is absolutely no motive and from the political dimension of course it's suicidal to carry out these kind of incidents if indeed it was by a so we certainly got very little if any motive for it whereas if you look on the other side of this corner as indeed with previous incidents of alleged chemical weapons usage you've got every incentive on the part of the rebels indeed ever since obama put in place his red line promises in effect to attack syria if there was a chemical instant even though a bomb itself didn't follow through on that of course you've given every incentive to rebel groups and their supporters to stage false flag attacks in order to provoke that kind of international response also you've got the issue of look at

who these victims were in all of the videos even those presented by the white helmet and others we see lots of children killed we see very few adults and we see almost none if any rebels actually in these as victims of these attacks and so we've got a suggestion here that assad just as he's about to be victorious in india and indeed as a whole for some inexplicable reason he then launches a chemical attack the first sarin attack or whatever substance is alleged for a year in this way which will bring international condemnation on him and yet do nothing to assist him militarily because all of victims for whatever reason seem to be children and other civilians. who spoke about the situation with former us presidential candidate ron paul now chair of the institute for peace and prosperity . this is a time when a crime is committed in this country the stations when they're not sure they're careful they say this is allegedly but they never do this under these circumstances

they have zero bits of information it's over and over again that person is guilty and that is the person is you know the russians and the syrians are guilty of a crime and it goes over and over again you know did it is this cripples and then they finally had to give up here no that nothing came panned out so they had to go on to a new one so it's one runs out of steam they create another fake news program. i think the least likely would be his sod this whole idea i saw it's over and over again i probably heard it ten times today assad is gassing his own people and i've said it every time i haven't a saw it in a month or two later they proved it was absolutely wrong so i cannot see any reason why assad would do this there's no reason for a russian have done this there's somebody who wants to serve up trouble and the people who want to stay there. these compiled poisoning and the subsequent diplomatic fallout have given rise to a number of voices telling football fans to think twice before visiting russia for

this summer's world cup and whether the thief as president says the action on the pitch and what was happening off it should remain the focus johnny infantino opened up to peter schmeichel the danish football legend he's got a new show right here an ati it is no secrets a lot of tension between the world and the will cup host nation. afifa how are you dealing with that i mean how are you sort of. coming in making this a best event in the world with all that's going on at the moment by focusing on football i think that's the key and that's the secret you have to focus on full but i think there are enough. people around the world to try to just. you know divide or argue or dispute or whatever we have to try to unite football is uniting some of the spin from western media is that it's not safe to go to russia you know security is not good enough don't go off scene you know in

england they're basically saying to the fans don't go it's not safe. what what would you say to that is to say to go to russia of course it is safe to go to russia. for this and it will be very safe but it will be even safer the world russia during the world cup because the authorities in russia very much aware of what the world cup means and they want to show as well and welcoming country and preparations in terms of security for the world beyond any other. event or any other situation so the conditions will be there for a very safe world cup and obviously those who want to go and enjoy football and enjoy a part of the summer they should go to russia those who want to go to have riots or

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