Will the Foreign Secretary take this opportunity to tell the House whether he supports the French proposal that, in the case of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council should voluntarily undertake to give up their veto in order to enable the Security Council to take action when these heinous crimes are being committed, as is clearly the case in Aleppo at the moment?
Aleppo and Syria
Proceeding contribution from
Hilary Benn
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 11 October 2016.
It occurred during Emergency debate on Aleppo and Syria.
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2016-17
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