US Says China Blocking Urgent UN Security Council Meeting on Hong Kong’s Status

US Says China Blocking Urgent UN Security Council Meeting on Hong Kong’s Status
Police clear a road around a fire that was lit during a pro-democracy protest in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong on May 27, 2020. Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images
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The United States said on May 27 that China is blocking its calls for an urgent meeting at the United Nations Security Council on the Chinese regime’s move to impose the communist party’s so-called “national security” legislation on Hong Kong.

In a statement Wednesday, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations said that it had scheduled a virtual meeting of the 15-member Security Council to discuss the issue, which it described as “a matter of urgent global concern  that implicates international peace and security.”
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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