Ambassador criticizes UN resolution that violates Syrian sovereignty

Syrian Ambassador to United Nations Bashar al Jaafari criticized the United Nations Security Council Resolution that deliberately disregarded Syrian sovereignty.

Russia and China abstained as the resolution, sponsored by Kuwait and Sweden, was adopted by a vote of 13-0.
Russia’s ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, said Moscow abstained because the new realities in Syria require that the program for cross-border deliveries be fine-tuned with the ultimate goal here being to gradually but inevitably wrap it up, but this was not included in the resolution.
“We decided not to block the decision because of humanitarian considerations and also taking into account appeals from our partners in the region,” Nebenzia said.
The U.N. Security Council voted Thursday to authorize delivery of humanitarian aid across borders and conflict lines in Syria for another year, expressing “outrage” at the continuing violence in the country and “grave distress” at the devastating humanitarian situation.