UN considers resolution to establish accountability

The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution to condemn the "shooting down" of a Malaysian passenger plane in Ukraine, demand armed groups allow access to the crash site, and call on states in the region to co-operate with an international investigation.

Australia — which lost 28 citizens — circulated a draft text, seen by Reuters, to the 15-member Security Council late on Saturday and diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it could be put to a vote as early as today.

The draft resolution “demands that those responsible for this incident be held to account and that all states co-operate fully with efforts to establish accountability”.