India and Lebanon Abstain in Security Council Vote on Syria

A view of the Security Council as Hardeep Singh Puri (centre), Permanent Representative of India to the UN, and Nawaf Salam, Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the UN, register their abstentions on a draft resolution condemning the ongoing violence perpetrated by Syrian authorities against civilian protesters. The draft resolution was vetoed by China and the Russian Federation, received nine votes in favour and two other abstentions from Brazil and South Africa.