The UN Security Council will vote today on a French proposal to send observers to the flashpoint Syrian city of Aleppo to monitor evacuations and report on the protection of civilians.<br/><br/>Diplomats said the council will meet at 10:00 am (2030 IST) to decide on the draft resolution, despite resistance from Russia, Syria's ally and a veto-wielding Security Council member. <br/><br/>France circulated a draft text late Friday stating that the council is alarmed by the worsening humanitarian crisis in Aleppo and by the fact that "tens of thousands of besieged Aleppo inhabitants are in need of aid and evacuation.<br/><br/>Thousands of trapped civilians and the last remaining opposition fighters in Aleppo were waiting for evacuations to<br/>resume yesterday, a day after the operation was suspended by the Syrian government.<br/><br/>The draft resolution would request that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon quickly redeploy UN humanitarian staff already in Syria to the city "to carry out adequate, neutral monitoring, direct observation and to report on evacuations from besieged parts of Aleppo and protection of civilians inside Aleppo