Russia vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution against the proliferation of weapons, including nuclear weapons, in outer space.
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13 out of 15 Security Council members (USA, UK, France, Algeria, Guyana, Ecuador, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Malta, Republic of Korea, Slovenia, Switzerland, Japan) voted for the project, introduced by Japan and the United States. Only Russia spoke out against it. China abstained.
Before this, the Security Council rejected Russia and China’s amendment to the US-Japan resolution. Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Sergei Kislitsa commented:
The criminal Moscow regime did not allow the UN Security Council to adopt a draft resolution calling on all states to prevent the pursuit of weapons, including nuclear ones, in space. This happened, among other things, because war criminals are still allowed to occupy the USSR’s seat as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, despite the daily crimes committed by Moscow.
Source: Racurs
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