Bashar Ja'afari, Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations, speaks to journalists at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Dec. 19, 2016. The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution to send UN observers to monitor evacuations in Syria's war-torn Aleppo. The resolution requests the UN to carry out adequate, neutral monitoring and direct observation on evacuations of civilians and fighters from eastern Aleppo. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)