Key quotes on MH17 veto

MH17 VETO - WHAT THEY SAID

"The veto only compounds the atrocity. Only one hand was raised in opposition, but a veto should never be allowed to deny justice." - Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

"The recital of discredited contentions and the anticipated excuses and obfuscation by the Russian Federation should be treated with the utmost disdain." - Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

"The guilty must surely be punished. It is our duty to the victims and their families." - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

"There can be no reason to oppose this unless you are a perpetrator yourself." - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin.

"Russia has callously disregarded the public outcry in the grieving nations, the appeals of the families affected." - US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power.

"Russia stands ready to co-operate in the conduct of a full, independent and objective investigation of the reasons and circumstances of the crash." - Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin.

"I find it incomprehensible that a member of the Security Council obstructs justice in a tragedy that has affected so many innocent lives." - Dutch Foreign Minister Albert Koenders.