Russia vetoed U.N. call for sanctions on China ; China went along . Lopez : The veto is effort to keep U.N. from imposing sanctions , period . Russia believes the U.N. must be limited in its response to crises , he writes . George Lopez : Breaking with the established transparency practice -- that U.N. Panel Reports are released on the sanctions committee 's website -- the Chinese blocked release of the panel 's 2011 report , even though the document was leaked and had appeared for months on global websites . China , Russia want to curb Arab League 's ability to promote peace , human rights .
Russia vetoed U.N. call for sanctions on China ; China went along . Lopez : The veto is effort to keep U.N. from imposing sanctions , period . Russia believes the U.N. must be limited in its response to crises , he writes . George Lopez : China , Russia want to curb Arab League 's ability to promote peace , human rights .