Bashar Ja'afari(C), Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations, is pictured at the UN Security Council chamber at the UN headquarters in New York on Dec. 18, 2016. Earlier on Sunday, the Security Council discussed behind closed door two draft resolutions submitted by France and Russia on how to provide the UN with unimpeded access to monitor the evacuations and also the protection of civilians inside Aleppo. After hours of discussion, diplomats said they came up with one text and will vote on tomorrow morning. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)