U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice addresses members of the media at U.N. headquarters Saturday, April 14, 2012 after the United Nations Security Council cast a unanimous vote authorizing the deployment of the first wave of U.N. military observers to monitor a cease-fire between the Syrian government and opposition fighters. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
China's Ambassador Li Baodong, third from right, arrives for consultations at the United Nations on Friday, April 13, 2012. The United Nations Security Council is planning an emergency meeting to discuss Thursday's failed rocket launch by North Korea. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Youngsters show support for the Syrian regime and gratitude toward Moscow on Sunday in front of the Russian Embassy in Beirut. Russia has said it will use its Security Council veto to block any resolution threatening Syria. (Associated Press)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (center) chairs a Security Council meeting in the Gorki residence outside Moscow on Nov. 23, 2011. From left is Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. (Associated Press/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures and the end of his speech in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. Abbas said Friday he would ask the Security Council next week to accept the Palestinians as full members at the United Nations. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Deputy U.N. Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi (right) hugs Libya's U.N. Ambassador Mohamed Shalgham after a meeting of the Security Council at United Nations headquarters in February. Tension was high at the time after fighting broke out between pro- and anti-Gadhafi forces.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon greets Libya's U.N. ambassador, Mohamed Shalgham, after a meeting of the Security Council at the United Nations in New York on Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a joint press conference with Qatari Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr al-Thani, in Doha, Wednesday Feb. 23, 2011. During a question and answer session with students at Qatar University, Cameron said there should be "consequences" for the Libyan regime if it continued to use "appalling levels of violence" against its own people, and that he would like to see a United Nations Security Council resolution to send "a very clear warning" to Col. Gadhafi and the Libyan armed forces that what they were doing was "wrong and against the law".(AP Photo/Osama Faisal)
Russia's Ambassador Vitaly Churkin speaks after a vote sanctioning Iran during a session of the United Nations Security Council, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
