Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Volodymyr Yelchenko has commented on Russia's veto of a UN Security Council resolution on investigations into chemical attacks in Syria.
Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Thursday that would have renewed a mandate for the independent group investigating chemical weapons attacks in Syria, according to CNN.
Hungary has blocked the Ukraine – North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Commission meeting scheduled for December 6, 2017, according to a message from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary with reference to Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto.
Russia cast a veto at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday preventing the renewal of the mandate for a mission that investigates the use of chemical weapons in Syria, according to Reuters.
The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria has gathered enough evidence for President Bashar al-Assad to be convicted of war crimes, a prominent member of the commission, Carla del Ponte, said in remarks published on Sunday, according to Reuters.