UN Security Council adopts blanket aid sanctions exemption | FULL

The United Nations (UN) Security Council overwhelmingly approved a resolution Friday exempting humanitarian aid from all current and future UN sanctions regimes, a vote the United States hailed as “historic” that will save lives and address longstanding problems of sanctions impeding aid deliveries.

The legally binding resolution was immediately hailed by humanitarian organizations including the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mercy Corps and the Norwegian Refugee Council whose Secretary General Jan Egeland said “it will protect humanitarian action from the crippling impacts of sanctions regimes at a time when needs are skyrocketing” and will be “the difference between life and death” for some people.

The meeting was held at Russia's request to discuss weapons from the Ukraine conflict "falling into the hands of bandits and terrorists" elsewhere in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

This follows the release of a report stating that Canadian-made parts have been discovered in Iranian drones used by Russia in its war on Ukraine.

Plus, earlier Friday, the head of NATO Jens Stoltenberg expressed worry that the fighting in Ukraine could spin out of control and become a war between Russia and NATO.

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