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   From: bolo@thinkprogress.org   
      
   Maybe Obama should have sent homosexuals to sponsor the   
   resolution.   
      
   Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council’s resolution declaring   
   the upcoming referendum on the future status of autonomous   
   republic of Crimea invalid and urging all states not to   
   recognize its results.   
      
   China abstained as 13 council members supported the resolution   
   and Russia voted against.   
      
   The draft resolution noted that the Ukrainian government in Kiev   
   has not authorized the referendum and said that it cannot be   
   valid.   
      
   “This referendum can have no validity, and cannot form the basis   
   for any alteration of the status of Crimea; and calls upon all   
   States, international organizations and specialized agencies not   
   to recognize any alteration of the status of Crimea on the basis   
   of this referendum and to refrain from any action or dealing   
   that might be interpreted as recognizing any such altered   
   status,” the documents reads.   
      
   Moscow has a veto right as one of five permanent members of the   
   Security Council.   
      
   It was “no secret that Russia would vote against the US draft   
   resolution,” Russia’s envoy at the UN Vitaly Churkin said ahead   
   of the voting. He added that Moscow would respect the choice of   
   Crimeans.   
      
   http://rt.com/news/un-resolution-crimea-referendum-118/   
      
       
      
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