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

French Ambassador to the United Nations Francois Delattre (L, front) addresses the Security Council 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)