Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 25th April. Russia on Wednesday vetoed the UN Security Council draft resolution aimed at keeping weapons out of outer space.
The Security Council failed to adopt the draft resolution, introduced by Japan and the United States, by a vote of 13 in favour to one against by Russia and China abstained.
The resolution would have had the 15-member organ call on “all States, in particular those with major space capabilities, to contribute actively to the objective of the peaceful use of outer space and of the prevention of an arms race in outer space.”
It called on all nations “to refrain from actions contrary to that objective and to the relevant existing treaties in the interest of maintaining international peace and security and promoting international cooperation”.
Security Council also rejected an amendment tabled by China and Russia.
Members also rejected an amendment tabled by China and Russia, by 7 votes in favour to 7 against, with one abstention, failed to reach the required 9 votes for an adoption.
The amendment suggested an additional paragraph, which had called on “all States, and above all those with major space capabilities to take urgent measures to prevent for all time the placement of weapons in outer space and the threat or use of force in outer space, from space against Earth and from Earth against objects in outer space and to seek through negotiations the early elaboration of appropriate reliably verifiable legally binding multilateral agreements.”
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