UN Security Council Features New Threats Against Syria, But Russia and China Render Them Impotent So Far
In a four-hour session called to discuss the "humanitarian crisis" in Syria, the United Nations Security Council yesterday featured a host of new threats against Syria. But the decision of the majority of foreign ministers not to attend, and the de facto veto of any resolution on UN action for "safe zones" and the like, prevented anything but the venting of opinions by those present.
