UN defers US troop immunity vote Last Update: Wednesday, May 26, 2004. 9:32am (AEST) The UN Security Council has indefinitely delayed plans to take up a US draft resolution shielding American troops from prosecution by a new global criminal court, a US diplomat said on Tuesday. The resolution, which human rights groups argue is especially inappropriate so soon after the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal, had been expected to come to a vote in the 15-nation council last on Friday and again on Monday. The vote was called off on Friday after China's UN envoy said he had no instructions from...