UN Security Council plans vote for rare General Assembly meeting on Ukraine

Only 10 such emergency special sessions of the General Assembly have been convened since 1950

The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Sunday to call for a rare emergency special session of the 193-member Un General Assembly on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Sunday to call for a rare emergency special session of the 193-member Un General Assembly on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which would be held on Monday, diplomats said.

The vote by the 15-member council is procedural so none of the five permanent council members - Russia, China, France, Britain and the United States - can wield their vetoes.