UN Security Council fails to adopt resolution on chemical attacks probe in Syria

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Koro Bessho (C) votes in favor of Japan's draft resolution extending 30 days for mandate of mechanism investigating chemical attacks in Syria, at the UN headquarters in New York, Nov. 17, 2017. The UN Security Council failed to adopt the resolution extending 30 days for mandate of mechanism investigating chemical attacks in Syria on Friday. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)