The UN Security Council will vote today on a French-drafted resolution to quickly deploy UN observers to Aleppo, with Russia, Syria's ally. <br/><br/>Yesterday, after nearly four hours of closed-door council consultations, a new draft was agreed. French Ambassador Francois Delattre declared that the council had reached common ground, while US Ambassador Samantha Power anticipated the member states would vote unanimously.<br/><br/>The vote, initially tabled for yesterday, was delayed until today to allow the Russian delegation to consult with Moscow on the final draft resolution that provides for UN and other international observers to be deployed to eastern Aleppo.<br/><br/>The new draft calls on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to make arrangements, in consultation with Syrian authorities and the dissents, to allow UN monitoring of the well-being of civilians. Moscow had presented its own draft resolution that requested that the United Nations make arrangements to monitor the situation.<br/><br/>France and the United States said the new text, which took into account Russian proposals, resulted in minor changes.<br/>

The UN Security Council will vote today on a French-drafted resolution to quickly deploy UN observers to Aleppo, with Russia, Syria's ally. <br/><br/>Yesterday, after nearly four hours of closed-door council consultations, a new draft was agreed. French Ambassador Francois Delattre declared that the council had reached common ground, while US Ambassador Samantha Power anticipated the member states would vote unanimously.<br/><br/>The vote, initially tabled for yesterday, was delayed until today to allow the Russian delegation to consult with Moscow on the final draft resolution that provides for UN and other international observers to be deployed to eastern Aleppo.<br/><br/>The new draft calls on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to make arrangements, in consultation with Syrian authorities and the dissents, to allow UN monitoring of the well-being of<br/>civilians. Moscow had presented its own draft resolution that requested that the United Nations make arrangements to<br/>monitor the situation.<br/><br/>France and the United States said the new text, which took into account Russian proposals, resulted in minor changes.<br/>

The UN Security Council will vote today on a French-drafted resolution to quickly deploy UN observers to Aleppo, with Russia, Syria's ally, giving cautious backing to the measure. <br/><br/>The vote, initially tabled for yesterday, was delayed until today to allow the Russian delegation to consult with Moscow on the final draft resolution. The new draft calls on United Nations for monitoring of the well-being of civilians.<br/><br/>Evacuations of fighters and civilians from Aleppo were suspended yesterday after gunmen attacked buses for a similar operation from two rebel-besieged villages.<br/><br/>The draft resolution demands all parties to allow complete, immediate, unconditional, safe and unhindered access for humanitarian aid to Aleppo, which has been under siege since July. Syrian forces this week moved to assert full control over the east of the city, which had been held by opposition fighters since 2012