Security Council stuck on tribunal question

Members of the UN Security Council have yet to reach an agreement on whether an international tribunal should be established to try those allegedly responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 on July 17, 2014, Gerard van Bohemen, New Zealand's ambassador to the UN, told reporters on Monday.

New Zealand holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council for the month of July.

"I noted, and so did the Russian Federation, that the commission of a tribunal is the key deciding point," van Bohemen said after a closed council meeting.