CHAPTER 6: Section 9 Changes
Voting on resolution 2504 draws attention to the Charter requirement of “the concurring votes of the permanent members”
13 January 2020
On 10 January 2020, the Council adopted a compromise resolution extending authorization of two crossing points for delivery of humanitarian aid into Syria. Four permanent members (China, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and United States) abstained. Of the P5, only France voted in favour . . .
Vote on Ukraine/Crimea in context of Article 27(3)
Updated on 26 December 2017
At a meeting convened on 15 March 2014, the Russian Federation vetoed draft resolution S/2014/189, by which the Security Council would have declared that a referendum to be held the following day “can have no validity, and cannot form the basis for any alteration of the status of Crimea” . . .