Russia and China Vetoed UN Security Council Resolution Recommending Sanctions against Syria

Russia and China on 5 October 2011 vetoed UN Security Council draft resolution recommending sanctions against Syria for the ongoing crackdown on Protesters.The resolution was moved by EU (European Union) member countries and backed by USA.

There were nine votes in support of the resolution while two votes were against of it. Four countries abstained themselves from the voting. India along with other member countries of IBSA (Brazil and South Africa) abstained from voting. Lebanon was the fourth nation to abstain.

This was the second attempt by the western countries to bring a resolution on the Syrian unrests. Russia and China opined that the threat of sanction was not the best solution for the problem.

At present, there are five nations which have veto power at present. These nations are Russia, USA, UK, France and China(often referred as P-5 nations; they are the permanent members of Un Security Council). Among these five, if any nation exercises his Veto power on any resolution moved by Un security council, it could not be implemented.