Russia vetoes extension of investigative mechanism for chemical weapons use in Syria

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia (2nd L) holds up the Russian Federation's nameplate demanding to speak during a Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, on Oct. 24, 2017. Russia on Tuesday vetoed a Security Council draft resolution that would have renewed for an additional year the mandate of the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) of the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for the use of chemical weapons in Syria. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)