New Zealand's Syria truce draft resolution vetoed at the United Nations Security Council

Russia and China vetoed Egypt the bid to temporarily halt attacks in Aleppo. Photo / @NZUN Twitter

New Zealand's attempt to pass a draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council to end attacks in Syria for seven days has failed.

Russia and China this morning vetoed Egypt, New Zealand and Spain's bid to temporarily halt attacks in Aleppo and allow in humanitarian access.

Russia and China veto Egypt, NZ, Spain draft #Syria resolution that would have stopped attacks in #Aleppo and allowed humanitarian access. pic.twitter.com/Fmo9FQYysS

— NZ at the UN (@NZUN) December 5, 2016

New Zealand's permanent representative to the UN Gerard van Bohemen said the security council's failure to act was deeply damaging to its reputation and catastrophic for the people of Syria.

"[The] veto demonstrates for Moscow and Damascus our common refrain - there's no military solution to [the] Syria conflict- is a hollow fiction," he tweeted.

Van Bohemen said New Zealand would continue to work in the security council and the UN General Assembly to bring about change and try to protect Syrian civilians under siege.

During this morning's security council vote 11 members were in favour of the draft Syrian resolution and Russia, China and Venezuela voted against. Angola abstained.