UN to vote on MH17 disaster tribunal on July 29

12:09, 25.07.2015 1 min read

The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on July 29 on a bid for an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a Malaysian passenger airliner last year in Ukraine, BBC reported on Saturday.

The vote on the proposal by Malaysia, Australia, the Netherlands, Belgium and Ukraine to create an international tribunal is set for Wednesday afternoon.

Malaysia last month circulated a draft resolution to form the tribunal. Russia last week proposed a rival text that demands justice for the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, but does not establish a tribunal.

Flight MH17 was shot down in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in July 2014. All 283 passengers and 15 crewmembers aboard the plane were killed.

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