Samantha Power, U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, speaks to journalists after a Security Council closed consultation on Syria, at the UN headquarters in New York, Dec. 18, 2016. The UN Security Council will vote Monday on a draft resolution aimed at sending UN observers to monitor evacuations from besieged parts of Syria's war-torn Aleppo, Samantha Power told reporters here on Sunday. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)