Russian Deputy Permanent Representative for Political Affairs Vladimir Safronkov (Center R) is seen before the start of the meeting. Following the alleged sue of chemical weapons near the city of Idlib by the Syrian government, the United Nations Security Council convened an emergency meeting to debate the attack and to deliberate political and military options. The meeting comes on the day after the launched a unilateral missile strike on Syria in retaliation against the Syrian government of Bashar Al-Assad. (Photo by Albin Lohr-Jones/Pacific Press)

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