Under pressure from European countries, the vote on resolution was cancelled — threatened by a possible US veto. By AFPMore by this AuthorUNITED NATIONS,African UN Security Council members scrapped Wednesday, for the second time in 10 days, voting on a draft resolution pushing for UN funds to support peace operations on the continent -- under threat from an American veto. Presented by Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea and Ivory Coast, the draft resolution sets out "in principle" that UN funds can be provided on a case-by-case basis "to support African Union-led peace support operations authorized by the Security Council." But hours later, under pressure from European countries, it was cancelled — threatened by a possible US veto. On Wednesday, the three African Security Council members raised the issue again, but rejected a US-proposed compromise.

Source: Daily Nation December 20, 2018 06:22 UTC