Gerard Araud, French permanent representative to the United Nations, briefs media reporters after the Security Council voted on a draft resolution on Syria, at the UN headquarters in New York, on May 22, 2014. Russia and China, two permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, on Thursday used their veto power over a draft resolution intended to refer the Syrian civil war to the International Criminal Court (ICC). (Xinhua/Niu Xiaolei)
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