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The 15-member council had been deadlocked, with most members pitted against Syrian allies Russia and China, which abstained on Saturday in the council's fifth vote this week on the issue.

"We see a widening gap between Russia and China and the international community."

"You in the United Nations are your brothers and sisters’ keepers in America, and you have the power to help us get justice for my brother."

"But now is not that time."

"To warring parties, I say: Pull back from hostilities. Put aside mistrust and animosity. Silence the guns. Stop the artillery. End the airstrikes."