France wants UN vote on Aleppo truce resolution
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France's UN ambassador says he wants to put a draft resolution aimed at stopping "the bloodbath in Aleppo" to a vote in the Security Council.
Francois Delattre told reporters at UN headquarters in New York on Friday that after a week of negotiations, "We are close to the moment of truth and now it is up to the Security Council and its 15 members to take their responsibilities." He did not say when a vote will take place.
The draft resolution seeks an immediate truce in Aleppo and calls for an end to all military flights over the Syrian city, where over a quarter million people in rebel-held areas are besieged by Syrian forces. Meanwhile, Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin has rejected any grounding of aircraft and questioned whether a resolution at this time would actually produce any results.
