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Germany's Ambassador to the United Nations Peter Wittig (C) and India's Ambassador to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri (R) vote to abstain the UN Security Council Libya resolution calling for a no-fly, March 17, 2011, UN headquarters, New York.
Monday, Feb. 06, 2012

Open quoteAssad used the situation once again as a license to kill - that's the sad aftermath of the veto.Close quote

  • PETER WITTIG,
  • German Ambassador to the UN, on China and Russia's rejection of a resolution that backed an Arab League peace plan for Syria
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