China and Russia vetoed a draft resolution by the United Nations Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court for crimes committed in a 3-year civil war. It was the 4th time China and Russia have blocked Western resolutions on the conflict. This paralyzed Security Council efforts to end a war estimated to have killed more than 160,000 people. British ambassador Mark Lyall Grant said, “It is disgraceful that they have yet again vetoed the Security Council’s efforts to take action on human rights violations in Syria.”
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