CHRIS UHLMANN: Just returning briefly to the United Nations and that resolution which was debated this morning, it was co-sponsored by the Dutch, and when speaking to the Security Council, the Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans grew emotional as he imagined the last desperate minutes of those aboard doomed flight MH17.

FRANS TIMMERMANS: How horrible must've been the final moments of their lives, when they knew the plane was going down.

Did they lock hands with their loved ones? Did they hold their children close to their hearts? Did they look each other in eyes one final time, in a wordless goodbye? We will never know.

The demise of almost 200 of my compatriots has left a hole in the heart of the Dutch nation. It's caused grief, anger and despair - grief for the loss of the loved ones, anger for the outrage of the downing of a civilian aeroplane and despair after witnessing the excruciatingly slow process of securing the crash site and recovering the remains of the victims.

CHRIS UHLMANN: The Dutch Foreign Minister, Frans Timmermans speaking at the United Nations.