Linda Thomas-Greenfield: “I believe programs in democracy and governance... are a core part of the mission of USAID.”

This is part of their playbook. They have done this before. They did it in 2014, and it was not accepted.

First and foremost, it is to hold accountable those individuals in Iran responsible for committing human rights violations. And this is truly a horrific violation -- the killing of Amini, the blocking of individuals from their ability to…

I can tell you that the Russians were making every effort to intimidate and press those countries away from supporting this General Assembly resolution.

So, we don`t want to treat them, even though they are a permanent member of the security council, they are not behaving with the responsibility that we would expect of a permanent member of the Security Council.