UN: Russia Vetoes Sudan Resolution Despite Global Support

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Displaced people gather to receive free breakfast meals at a neighborhood in Omdurman city, Sudan, August 1, 2024. © 2024 Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua via Getty Images Tomorrow Russia is scheduled to go before the United Nations General Assembly to explain why it vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Sudan last week, at a time when civilians are facing an onslaught of unlawful attacks and a man-made famine spreads across the country.The resolution, co-sponsored by the United Kingdom and Sierra Leone, sought to build on an October report by UN Secretary-General…

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