mo4ch:>‘Can’t offer help with one hand & smother with the other’: Russia slams West & its allies after anti-sanction draft fails at UNGA | Mo4ch News

Moscow has blasted the decision by a group of countries, including the US, to block a draft resolution calling for an end to unilateral sanctions on developing countries gripped by the coronavirus pandemic.The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) rejected two draft resolutions on Wednesday, aimed at supporting the battle against the Covid-19. Both of the Russia-sponsored and the Riadh-championed drafts received at least one “nay” after they were circulated among the body’s members on Wednesday. A single objection is enough for a draft to be defeated in line with the special voting protocol in effect at the UNGA amid the pandemic.Also on rt.comRussian declaration aimed at stopping sanctions amid coronavirus crisis REJECTED at UN General AssemblyWhile voting was by secret ballot, AP reported, citing diplomatic sources, that the Moscow-sponsored draft failed to win support from the EU, UK, US, Canada and South Korea. Meanwhile, the Ukranian Foreign Ministry boasted on Facebook that Kie…