UN Human Rights Official: Security Council Should Limit Veto Power

The top U.N. human rights official is calling for limits on the use of the veto power by the U.N. Security Council’s five permanent members to halt the tragedy unfolding in east Aleppo in northern Syria.  U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al- Hussein likens the horrors being inflicted on the citizens of Aleppo to those that occurred in cities such as Warsaw, Stalingrad and Dresden. High Commissioner spokesman Rupert Colville says the relentless bombing of Aleppo...

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