vote the russians wanted and as expected this draft resolution was not adopted let's just be to mike hanna because he's been watching all of these developments and so mike we have a rather surreal situation here where security council members have gathered together to essentially vent and express and reinforce existing positions but the gulf between them is wider than ever. indeed here's one must note the merriam that that vote although it's not expected to pass the russian resolution was actually quite heavily defeated there are only three members of the council voted in favor of that russian resolution condemning the strikes into syria eight voted against and then there were four abstentions so it didn't get the nine votes needed to pass a resolution and require perhaps a veto from one of the five permanent members so certainly that's quite a sweeping defeat for the russian attempts to pass that resolution within the security council but as i mentioned earlier this is the fifth emergency session of the security council in the past few days on a number of occasions the resolutions have at

on the us draft resolution on an investigation into the chemical attack in duma let's speak to mike hanna who is following this for us is the hearing there mike twelve voted in favor two against of course russia and i think bolivia but the russian ambassador saying very clearly that this was a resolution he disagree with he disagreed with he said he would vote against it and china being the one abstention. it is indeed an armistice really iterate to this is the twelfth russian veto in relation to events and syria since a beginning of the war there as i mentioned earlier to minimally only nine votes are required to pass a resolution unless it is vetoed by one of the permanent members which would seem russia veto this particular resolution now once again where does it go at this particular point well they have attempted to get some kind of investigative body set up by the u.n. which is independent and which operates separate from the divisions within the security council the u.s. has been working at this in recent weeks and indeed months since a failure of the previous investigative body or

killed since the west and back saudi led coalition intervened in yemen just over three years ago mike hanna al-jazeera united nations. as the war in yemen enters its fourth year the u.n. says it's become the world's worst humanitarian crisis twenty two million yemenis that's three quarters of the population are in dire need of humanitarian aid or protection nearly eighteen million don't have enough to eat sixteen million lack access to basic health care and more than ten thousand have been killed with large numbers injured many by indiscriminate armed action all parties in the war. well it's bring in our guests on set is no. visiting fellow at the brookings doha center from sana his say in. journalist and joining us by skype from washington d.c. is now bill hootie a former u.s. diplomat and deputy chief of mission in yemen for the state department a very warm welcome to all three of you as i know because eighty targeting awaiting those gruesome pictures that we've just seen three daily strikes in three days up take on military action here what do you think is going on. seems to me from the

the second in command of both the fees and coalition leaders are being urged to negotiate peace mike hanna has more from un headquarters in new york . the wedding hall which was to have been the scene of joyous celebration was turned into a death trap this video which al-jazeera cannot independently verify shows the off to math of the airstrikes believed to being carried out by the saudi led coalition local officials said the first missile detonated in the men's section of the wedding party moments later a second one hit the side on which the females were gathered this footage released by the rebels shows the horrific off the mats. a young boy screaming and crying next to what appears to be the lifeless body of his father dozens of people were treated in the nearby hospital and they have no mercy towards children they've been killed without any remorse says this man. a spokesman for the saudi led coalition says it will carry out a full investigation the u.n. has said that off the estimated ten thousand menes that have so far lost their lives in the conflict some sixty percent have been kil

in command salah al summit who had a twenty million dollars bounty on his head from the saudis mike hanna has more from the u.n. in new york. the wedding hall which was to have been the scene of joyous celebration was turned into a death trap this video which al-jazeera cannot independently verify shows the up to math of the airstrikes believed to being carried out by the saudi led coalition local officials said the first missile detonated in the men's section of the wedding party moments later a second one hit the side on which the females were gathered this footage released by the rebels shows the horrific off the math. a young boy screaming and crying next to what appears to be the lifeless body of his father dozens of people were treated in the nearby hospital and they have no mercy towards children they've been killed without any remorse says this man a spokesman for the saudi led coalition says it will carry out a full investigation the u.n. has said that off the estimated ten thousand menes that have so far lost their lives in the conflict some sixty percent have been killed in str

security council resolution to condemn what it called the aggression that was voted down as mike hanna reports from the united nations. this is the first time the council has met on syria this week a series of meetings that have served only to illustrate the massive divide on the issue because the secretary general's repeated calls for unity ignored diodes all members to show restraint in these dangerous circumstances and to avoid any acts that could escalate matters and worsening the suffering of the syrian people the meeting was called by russia and its close ally in the council but libya and outrage was expressed at the strikes took place even as international experts arrived in damascus to investigate whether or not a chemical attack actually took place or brings up in a gruesome news learned that the organizers of the aggression didn't even wait for the elementary establishment of facts by an international organization which is authorized to do that they supposedly determine everything for themselves and you turman who was guilty u.k. ambassador argued the strikes were justified i

mike hanna of his era united nations the gulf diplomatic crisis was also on the white house agenda on choose day president donald trump played host to the cattery amir in the oval office trump said the relationship between the u.s. and cata is working very well ashleigh has more from washington. a crucial moment for the emir of qatar he meets the man who just a few months ago publicly sided with his country's we gen y. balls but in the white house a clear sign of chopped being turned in march it's a great honor to have the amir of qatar with us a friend of mine before i entered the world of politics he's a great gentleman very popular in his country his people love him we're working on unity in that part of the middle east and i think it's working out very well this country is under blockade by sandy arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain reiterated his commitment to build a strong relationship with washington our economy partnership is more than one hundred twenty five billion and our aim and goal is to double it in the next coming years our military. cooperation is very solid very stro

i thank you mike hanna watching developments there at the united nations security council as mike was saying three potentially expected all of this following the chemical weapons attack in the town of duma just on the edge of damascus but disagreements between them on the terms if you like terms and conditions around any potential investigation into what took place let's take you back to washington when manzarek a bug is still on the string as the senate questions this following revelations that cambridge analytical utilize facebook data or to sway the u.s. election we could share with you wanted and then if someone in the community found it to be offensive or against our policies they'd fly good for us and we look at it reactively now increasingly we're developing ai tools that can identify certain classes of bad activity proactively and flag it for our team at facebook by the end of this year by the way we're going to have more than twenty thousand people working on security and content review working across all these things so when when content gets flagged to us we have those thos

mike hanna al-jazeera united nations. yemen's hooty rebels say they've launched a drone strike on one of saudi arabia's oil facilities the target was the oil giant saudi aramco space in just an province the company though says its facilities they're operating normally and safely. me and mars army has sentenced seven soldiers to ten years each for their involvement in the killing of ten men during a military crackdown on revenge of muslims the military says the soldiers joined police and buddhist villages in the killings in hind state last september the animals army has been accused of carrying out ethnic cleansing i mean while a court in myanmar has refused to drop a case against two reuters journalists accused of obtaining secret government papers on the crackdown while alone and chore suit who were arrested in december they could face charges under me and miles official secrets which carry a prison sentence of up to fourteen years. he was out of that i'm not happy at all the men who carried out the killings were only se

traveling near the town of tuesday all in suspense one province when a truck crashed into them mike hanna has the story a scene of devastation and three kilometers of highway sealed off by police the hockey team was on its way to a must win playoff game in the northeastern town of nepal when when the crash occurred there were twenty nine people aboard the bus including the driver rescue efforts were hindered by the remote location and helicopters were flown in to ferry the injured to hospital everything about this family about this tragedy is unprecedented and it's overwhelming. including the trench. of support our organization has received hockey is the game that links all communities in the far flung reaches of canada's north and all we're touched you know throughout canada we see teens going out into the into the caribbean winters on buses all the time and you know it's all a thought in parents and fans minds about what could happen and unfortunately. mourners gathered in the hockey teams home town of humboldt that has a population of less than six thousand and the sadness made even mo

mike hanna. a kiss on both cheeks for the russian ambassador but any hope that the russian american rhetoric would record don was soon dashed as the ambassadors continued what this week has become a familiar confrontation in the security council denial of any attack on one side the story of the producers didn't you there when you there is no credible confirmation of this l specialist found no traces of toxic substances the residents of duma know about no such attack all information about the alleged attackers have been provided by n.t. government forces forces who have interest in such development of events an incredulous response. i started to listen to my russian friend and respond. but instead i'm in awe of the silly and how you say what you say with a straight face i really really the secretary general's impassioned call for unity in the council was clearly ignored and turn your to terrorists painting a bleak picture of a world facing multiple conflicts the cold war is back with a vengeance b

acute by the fact that everyone in this town knew everyone who died or was injured on this day mike hanna al-jazeera two people have died and several others were injured after a man drove a car into a crowd in the german city of munster the police say the suspect then killed himself security officials say the incident was not terror related dominic kane has more from one stop. emergency workers deal with the aftermath of the incident a vehicle driven at speed into a crowded urban area it happened without warning. there was a loud bang and screaming and then the police arrived and everyone was sent outside as us but i felt i didn't see much as there were lots of police everywhere a lot of people were running away screaming. the perpetrator took his own life after steering his vehicle into the crowds the authorities are working on the basis he did not have what they call a terrorist motive to knock the guy according to the current state of the investigation and it is still early the perpetrator plowed into a crowd of people was a german citizen and not as it was everywhere alleged a refugee

alone or together with its traditional allies thank you very much mike hanna at the united nations. has said he's sorry about the privacy data breach at facebook and social media c.e.o. still facing questions a congressional hearing on capitol hill he said the breach was his fault and the company needed to do better over the next two days ago but will be questioned in detail about the cambridge analytical scandal and russian meddling in the u.s. presidential election. all the senators were preparing to take a break when zuckerberg suggested they keep going but he might have regretted that because he was sharing the terms of service between facebook and cambridge analytic and they directly contradict what he's been saying about selling data i want to show you the terms of service that alexander colgan provided to facebook and note for you that in fact facebook was on notice that he could sell that user information have you seen these terms of service before i have not who in facebook was responsible for seeing those terms of service that put you on notice that that information could

the hope that all of us will do our utmost in the spirit of preventive diplomacy or let's go to mike hanna now who is at the united nations in new york mike heavy words and warnings about possible future conflict in gaza but is anybody there doing anything about it. well there's a great depth of concern about that ever escalating crisis in gaza this is a quarterly briefing by the special coordinator one that is separate from the normal monthly briefing that the council receives and there was quite a crowd there in the course of the day representatives given credentials ranging from the european union to the vatican city which is just an indication of the major depth of international concern that is in this ongoing crisis we heard from nichelle i'm not enough they're very gloomy words indeed he also added that israel must calibrate it's use of force and minimize the use of live fire at the same time he says that hamas and the leaders of demonstrations must keep protesters away from the garza fence we heard from the u.s. ambassador accusing hamas of using children as she put it as cannon fod

first time about the humanitarian crisis in the country where eight million people face famine mike hanna reports the message from the special envoy that a resumption of political dialogue is essential and he maintains that all parties in the conflict that he's spoken to in the past four weeks agreeing but the portrait to of a nation on my third one in which a single violent event could consume attempts at conciliation and our concern is simple that these that any of these developments would at a single stroke take peace off the table the us ambassador picked up on her recurrent theme that iran is waging a proxy war in the region through the opposition in december she displayed the fragments of missiles fired at saudi targets that she maintained were supplied by iran and this year is caught at the entire security council to view what she described as evidence that who it is didn't just figure out on their own how to build and fire ballistic missiles more than a thousand kilometers to hit the saudi capital iran is supporting them this council taking action to stop the flow of arms to the w

strike on syria and mike hanna reports from the united nations. despite a plea for unity in the council there was little in evidence the emergency session originally called by nine security council members and the new british ambassador summed up the majority position options are on the table we will want to be evaluate what we know we start with the investigation but we will keep in touch with. us from from the russian ambassador though an alternative narrative his argument that any chemical attack would have been carried out by opposition groups under the direction of american advises ten t. claimed to justify military action against the syrian government and scathing words directed at the us ambassador across the chamber. well she was a. you misguided if you think you have friends the so-called friends of yours are only those who cannot say no to you and this is the sole criterion for friendship in your understanding the u.s. has proposed the establishment of a un investigative mechanism with an initial one year mandate to identify perpetrators

the rescue workers say dozens of people died in a chemical attack on the town of duma on saturday mike hanna reports from the united nations. yet another security council session on syria and yet another veto . the twelfth exercised by russia since the conflict began twelve members were in favor of a u.s. led proposal to set up an independent body that would investigate chemical attacks and identify perpetrators voters old reconstitute and similarly this is a moment of truth a vote that we are faced with today so i would call upon each of the members of the security council speaking on behalf of france to take proper stock of what is at stake here and to live up to their responsibilities and to the us vote in favor of the american draft resolution as the day was the council continue to splinter a russian proposal for an investigative mechanism fails to get the nine votes needed to pass the u.s. not even needing to veto and an explanation of how it differed in two ways from the u.s. led resolution the key point is our resolution guarantees that any investigations will truly be independent rus

vote on setting up an inquiry into the speak to mike hanna in new york on that mike what do expect to happen. well in about two hours' time the security council will convene to discuss a united states resolution which proposes the formation of a un independent mechanism of inquiry now this would be established for a minimum of a year the intention is that it would investigate chemical weapons attacks and importantly have the power to be able to create some kind of accountability or identify the perpetrators now the idea is that this would replace what was jim the joint investigative mechanism which had been in place for a number of years investigated a number of chemical attacks in syria that was then the mandate lapsed when after back to back vetoes by russia did not allow the mandate to be extended so the us intention is that you knew me would replace jim as a mechanism to both investigate chemical weapons attacks and also to apportion blame or might there are two russian proposals on the table as well. well we haven't had direct confirmation from the russians yet that these proposa

chief antonio get terrorism has been calling for we can as we can now speak to mike hanna who is following this for us just take us through the vote that we've had just now mike and the significance of it is. pretty. well no real significance whatsoever given what has happened in the security council in the course of the rest of the day the resolution was brought by russia in support of the fact finding mission of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons now on the. pace of it that seems to be a simple vote all the members throughout the day have expressed their support for the f.m. however clearly members had also been stating that they believed there was no need for such a resolution before this vote place sweden called for a recess there wasn't a procedural argument behind closed doors the argument being advanced by sweden and other members of the security council was that there is no need for such a resolution as the fact finding missions work is already underway it will be on its way to duma so that this resolution is in effect and not needed at all so hence the resolu

where former russian spy sega's crippled and his daughter were poisoned mike hanna is at the u.n. and joins us now so what's been said so far mike. well at the moment we have a briefing from the high representative for disarmament affairs on the report off the o.p.c. w. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons this report was compiled at the request of the british government and what we are hearing here in the security council in the course of the day is this briefing from the high representative and then there will be a briefing from the british ambassador karen pierce who actually called the session of the security council she said that she said she would report to the security council on developments out of this affair and this is what should be doing in the course of the afternoon what we're hearing from the high representative at the at the moment is the contents of the o.p.c. w. report to discussing its contents further making very clear that the agent that was used to kill the russian was in fact a highly sophisticated nerve agent known as a two three four by

will support the on going diplomatic efforts to hold those who use chemical weapons accountable mike hanna is our correspondent following that story for us out of washington mike what else is the pentagon saying it. well peter we spoke directly to the desk officer at the pentagon who said mentioned that the u.s. is not conducting any air operations in syria that they cared categorical denial he added as well that there is no awareness of any allies who might be doing so from that point of view the u.s. saying nothing to do with what is going on there the various reports we are receiving that some kind of missile strike did take place on that base in homs one must remember too that is just a year ago where the u.s. did carry out an air strike on an airbase in homs following a chemical attack in syria obviously the speculation that the u.s. was involved in this one originating from that and also from the tirade of tweets president trump has been issuing in the course of the day saying that the air will be consequences for the latest attack attribute to the syrian regime also remembering that

mike hanna al-jazeera united nations a robert ford is a former u.s. ambassador to syria he says there is little hope of progress at the u.n. . i think the odds of any productive united nations security council resolutions addressing the syria conflict are nil are zero and i'm going to be very frank here. i was involved in the two thousand and thirteen negotiations with the russians with secretary john kerry. russian foreign minister lavrov was there and the russians pledged that if the syrian government used chemical weapons again the russians would accept that chapter seven measures be discussed in the security council resolution that the russians broke there were many times it should be toes and the russians simply aren't credible and i did i think the americans have reached the point where they no longer have confidence that anything productive can come out of the united nations and therefore as ambassador halley said they are prepared to act out side the framework of the united nations russia's ambassador to lebanon says any u.s. missiles fired at

mike hanna al-jazeera united nations. still ahead on al-jazeera the old guards about to go we examine whether cubans expect a change of direction after the castros. i. guess that bring up the pressure massive protests continue in armenia to stop the former president's bait to stay in power. a lot of the vicious and long seasonal weather in the u.s. encounters gone away but not all of it not by a long where this cohere was still effectively wintry in nature but we've seen big contrast in temperatures disappear so we haven't got a storm problem at the moment we've still got the remains of snow to blow through eastern canada and another lick of snow is running through the midwest if you want to be in chicago yes yourself do i want to stay here for the rest of the month because this is looking disappointing four degrees snow quite possible in northern illinois is some woman for time on the east coast so nice warm day in new york after the dismal last twenty four hours and the pacific coast is increasingly cloudy was rain or e

mike hanna united nations. well still ahead on al-jazeera the old gods about to go we examine whether cubans expected changing direction after the castros. cutting up the price of protests continue in armenia to stop the former president's visit to stay in power. and i would is still writing in afghanistan or snowing depending on how far above sea level you are and you can see why it is pretty obvious frontal system of some sort and he's still hanging around in tashkent as well marty but to the west of that part from the kaisha shall do something caspian it's a dry scene and that's right back to the coast of the mediterranean temperature wise you're very dependent on the wind direction but twenty five in beirut thirty four in baghdad you can see this and back is much warmer than it was so the sons are for a while the breeze is not overly strong stop particular dusty that's true throughout the arabian peninsula as well but look at the koreans the coast of them out it's not yet monsoon clades not we'll start in t

killed since the western backed saudi led coalition intervened in yemen just over three years ago mike hanna al-jazeera united nations turn our attention to canada now because the police and toronto are questioning a suspect after a van was driven onto a crowded sidewalk killing ten people and injuring fifteen of those officers say it appears to be a deliberate attack but so far there's no link to any organization or to avoid a plot dialect is there. bystanders watched in horror as a rented van was driven at speed from a busy street onto a sidewalk full of people shoppers commuters students and residents were among the victims he just went on the sidewalk he just started ending everybody he had every single person on the sidewalk anybody in his they wouldn't i saw three or four bodies lying on the grounds other people were getting c.p.r. and i have to go back and like really interface and i just got lost and i thought you know what you're just going to do. and it was just so many people just shouting stop the car not even just a kid will. be. in this cell phone video alone policeman confront

mike hanna al-jazeera united nations donald trump says u.s. officials have been conducting direct high level talks with north korea to try to arrange a summit with north korean leader kim jong un trunked spoke during a meeting with japanese prime minister shinzo who is visiting the president at his monologue of resort in florida north korea's weapons program has dominated talks between the two leaders that have been fears in tokyo the transmitting with kim would sideline japan. japan and ourselves are locked in we are very unified on the subject of north korea we will probably be depending on various meetings and conversations we'll be having meetings with kim jong very soon it'll be taking place probably in early june or a little before that assuming things go well it's possible things won't go well or we won't have the meetings and we'll just continue to go along this very strong path that we've taken but we will see what happens. as a matter of fact the united states has the overwhelming military power in the world and by using this strengt

says it will support ongoing diplomatic efforts to hold those who use chemical weapons accountable mike hanna has the latest now from washington. the pentagon categorically denies that the u.s. is conducting any air strikes in syria and also in a conversation with a desk officer there an insistence that there's no knowledge of any allies doing the same so this. situation at the moment clouded in confusion various reports indicating that such an airstrike or indeed a missile strike did happen at some particular point within the last few hours but at the same time we do know that president obama meeting with his military leadership in the course of monday his defense secretary james matters being discussed there no doubt an appropriate response to what the u.s. insists was a chemical attack carried out by the syrian government in east new to province also in the course of monday the u.n. holding a security council meeting an emergency meeting to discuss exactly that but here another complication the u.k. and france and other western allies have called for this meeting but russia has also called

security council mike hanna has more from the u.n. . yet another security council session on syria and yet another veto. the twelth exercised by russia since the conflict began twelve members were in favor of a u.s. led proposal to set up an independent body that would investigate chemical attacks and identify perpetrators voters old reconstitute and similarly this is a moment of truth the vote that we are faced with today so i would call upon each of the members of the security council speaking on behalf of france to take proper stock of what is at stake here and to live up to their responsibilities and to the us vote in favor of the american draft resolution raised as the day was the council continue to splinter a russian proposal for an investigative mechanism fails to get the mind votes needed to pass the u.s. not even needing to veto and an explanation of how it differed in two ways from the u.s. led resolution the key point is our resolution guarantees that any investigations will truly be independent russia's resolution gives rus

discuss the current serious impasse security scenario that is building around syria let's bring in mike hanna mike you were listening in to what the ambassador had to say he's very clear about where the russian federation stands and what it wants to see from its international partners. yes indeed we hear there from the russian ambassador a repetition of what has been russia's position in the security council since that alleged chemical attack took place the most recent one and that is basically arguing that it is fake that there is no reality to this attack or that it is being used by the u.s. and its allies to create some kind of situation in which it could perhaps attack the syrian government but importantly to earlier we heard from the u.n. secretary general who made very clear and this was his statement that the cold war is back to russian friend and respond. but instead i'm in all the silly of how you say what you say with a straight face i really really am today's session of the security council has been called under truly strange circumstances the russian federation has asked us to dis

discuss the current serious impasse security scenario that is building around syria let's bring in mike hanna mike you're listening in to what the ambassador had to say he's very clear about where the russian federation stands and what it wants to see from its international partners. when you see the yes indeed we hear there from the russian ambassador a repetition of what has been russia's position in the security council since that alleged chemical attack took place the most recent one and that is basically arguing that it is fake that there is no reality to this attack and that it is being used by the u.s. and its allies to create some kind of situation in which it could perhaps attack the syrian government but importantly two earlier we heard from the u.n. secretary general who made very clear and this was his statement that the cold war is back listen to the russian friend and respond.

ally mike hanna reports from the united nations investigation the security council chamber was packed as always in these quarterly briefings a number of observers ranging from the e.u. to the vatican taking part and looming over proceedings the ever escalating crisis in gaza where the death toll continues to rise among those demonstrating on the border with israel israel must calibrate its use of force and minimize the use of life lethal force should be used only as a last resort hamas and the leaders of the demonstrations must keep protesters away from the gaza fence and prevent all violent actions and provocations the israeli ambassador maintained israel was exercising its right of self-defense even have an obligation to both there can i will citizens and we will do so well minimizing civilian casualties to the other side. the fact is that despite these impossible conditions the vast majority of those killed were confirmed members of the ruth organization no acknowledgement of that among the dead on number of children with an explanation of this left to israel's prime defender in th

missile a day over the last ten days on the latest attack on monday targeted on iran co facility mike hanna has more from the united nations. the wedding hall which was to have been the scene of joyous celebration was turned into a death trap this video which al-jazeera cannot independently verify shows the aftermath of the airstrikes believed to being carried out by the saudi led coalition local officials said the first missile detonated in the men's section of the wedding party moments later a second one hit the side on which the females were gathered this footage released by the rebels shows the horrific off the math. a young boy screaming and crying next to what appears to be the lifeless body of his father dozens of people were treated in the nearby hospital they have no mercy towards children they've been killed without any remorse says this man a spokesman for the saudi led coalition says it will carry out a full investigation the u.n. has said that off the estimated ten thousand menes that have so far lost their lives in the conflict some sixty percent have been killed in strikes. t

mostest champion to salute the crowd celebrating the first of what he hopes will be many more pages mike hanna al-jazeera hundred. and the world of cycling has been paying tribute to belgian it rodham arkell who died following a crash in the paris review rights on sunday the twenty three year old crashed halfway through the events and was found unconscious by rice doxes who had died in hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest. a ferrari mechanic had his leg broken in the bahrain grand prix after a disastrous pit stop involving kimmie reichen and. stop stop stop stop stop stop stop because he just did what i can and drove over his pit crew colleague after mistakenly being given the all clear to move off despite not having all of his wales attached he was forced to quit the rice his team mate sebastian vettel once on so when his second strike grand prix of the new season while defending champion lewis hamilton he finished third after starting down in ninth on the grid. there was some frustration points in the race where you know they could hear me so i had to choose particular points in which i

workers say dozens of people died in a suspected chemical attack on the town of duma on saturday mike hanna reports from the united nations. yet another security council session on syria and yet another veto. the twelfth exercised by russia since the conflict began twelve members were in favor of a u.s. led proposal to set up an independent body that would investigate chemical attacks and identify perpetrators voters old reconstitute and similarly this is a moment of truth the vote that we are faced with today so i would call upon each of the members of the security council speaking on behalf of france to take proper stock of what is at stake here and to live up to their responsibilities and to the us vote in favor of the american draft resolution as the day was the council continue to splinter a russian proposal for an investigative mechanism fails to get the mind votes needed to pass the u.s. not even needing to veto and an explanation of how it differed in two ways from the u.s. led resolution the key point is our resolution guarantees that any investigations will truly be independent ru