UN Security Council rejects Russia’s resolution on Nord Stream sabotage investigation 

Reuters writes about it.

At the meeting on March 27, Russia, China and Brazil voted for the document. The other 12 members of the Security Council did not vote.

The resolution requires at least nine votes, as well as the absence of a veto from the five permanent members of the Security Council: Russia, China, France, the United States or Great Britain.

The resolution was proposed by Russia. China co-authored the document.

Most of the Security Council members abstained on Monday because national investigations must be completed before considering whether any action at the UN is needed.

Russia has complained that it has not been informed about ongoing national investigations.  Moscow claimed that the West was behind the explosions without providing any evidence.

"The United States was not involved in any way. Period," said deputy U.S. ambassador to the UN Robert Wood, accusing Russia of trying to "discredit the work of ongoing national investigations and prejudice any conclusions they reach that do not comport with Russia's predetermined and political narrative.”  

• On the night of September 26, 2022, a sudden drop in pressure occurred in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. On September 27, it was reported that on the eve of the Baltic gas pipeline launch, gas from the Russian Nord Stream 2 had spilled into the Baltic Sea.