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Russia vetoes renewal of massive UN aid to Syria from Turkey
Russia vetoed on Tuesday a nine-month renewal of a massive UN aid operation delivering assistance into northwest Syria from Turkey ahead of an expected second UN Security Council vote on Moscow’s bid to instead extend the mandate for 6-months.
The mandate for operation, which has been delivering aid including food, medicine and shelter since 2014, expired on Monday. China abstained on the vote for an attempted compromise 9-month renewal, drafted by Switzerland and Brazil, while the remaining 13 Security Council member voted in favor.
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The United Nations had wanted a 12-month renewal.
Authorization is needed because Syrian authorities did not agree to the operation. In 2022 and 2020 the mandate for the operation ran out, but was renewed a day later.
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