New U.S. Ambassador To U.N. Strongly Condemns Russia

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power speaks to the press following a U.N. Security Council meeting, United Nations Headquarters, New York, Sept. 5, 2013.

New U.S. Envoy To U.N. Strongly Condemns Russia -- New York Times

Samantha Power, the new United States ambassador to the United Nations, strongly criticized Russia on Thursday in her first extensive public remarks about Syria, accusing the Kremlin of holding the Security Council hostage by blocking even modest efforts to condemn the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict.

She said Russia’s actions signaled there was no “available path forward at the Security Council.”

Appearing before the United Nations press corps outside the Security Council, Ms. Power said the United States had been briefing other member states on its intelligence assessment about an attack in the Damascus suburbs on Aug. 21. The assessment concluded that banned chemical munitions had been used and that the forces of President Bashar al-Assad were responsible.

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