Security Council Condemns Downing of Malaysian Airliner, Calls for International Probe

The Security Council today called for an international investigation into last week's downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger flight in eastern Ukraine, and demanded that armed groups allow unfettered access to the crash site and ensure that its integrity is maintained. In a unanimously adopted resolution, the 15-member body condemned the downing of flight MH17 on 17 July in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, which resulted in the tragic loss of 298 lives.
Vitaly I. Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, addresses the Council.