Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe.
The draft resolution called for an arms embargo as well as financial and travel restrictions on President Robert Mugabe and 13 of his top officials. The US, Britain and France had pushed for sanctions in order to respond to the violence and intimidation linked to Zimbabwe's recent presidential election. The Mbeki in Harare for crisis talks ...
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Zimbabwe to face presidential run-off vote ... US Ambassador to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad, accused Russia of a "U-turn" from its position at the G8 summit in Japan earlier this week, when Moscow joined a statement backing sanctions against Mugabe's government. Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin argued that sanctions would have taken the UN beyond its mandate to deal with threats to international peace and security.
(Deutsche Welle)
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