UN Security Council failed to reach a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Sudan...the right to reject

The U.N. Security Council has pushed for a resolution calling for a cease-fire on the conflict parties in Sudan, Africa, which are suffering from civil war, but it was canceled due to Russian opposition.

The Security Council held a meeting at the U.N. headquarters in New York and voted to adopt a ceasefire resolution in Sudan, and 14 member states voted in favor, but it was rejected by Russia, a permanent member of the Security Council.

The resolution, drafted by Britain and Sierra Leone, calls on the parties to the conflict to engage with good faith in dialogue to agree on an immediate cessation of hostilities and measures to de-escalate the conflict.

Britain criticized Russia's veto as "mean and gory" and Russia countered that "the only parties to the conflict agree to a ceasefire."

Sudan, which has suffered frequent civil wars and political unrest since independence in 1956, was engulfed in a long civil war in April last year when armed conflicts between government forces and paramilitary groups broke out, killing more than 24,000 people.