CNN Indonesia
Monday, 11 Dec 2023 22:10 IWST
The UN General Assembly will hold an emergency meeting regarding the situation in the Palestinian Gaza Strip in response to the US veto which failed the UN Security Council resolution. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
United Nations General Assembly (PBB) will hold an emergency meeting regarding the situation in Palestine Gaza Strip on Tuesday (12/12).
This emergency meeting was a response to the failure of the Security Council to adopt a ceasefire resolution due to the United States’ veto last Friday.
This emergency meeting of the UN General Assembly was held after Egypt and Mauritania took advantage of UNGA (United Nations General Assembly) resolution 377 which is known as the “United Resolution for Peace”.
In a letter shared by UN General Assembly president Dennis Francis on Monday (11/12), the representatives of Egypt and Mauritania called for a special emergency meeting of the UN General Assembly “in their respective capacities as Chairs of the Group of Arab States and the Group of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) .”
In their letter, Egypt and Mauritania consider UNGA resolution 377 necessary to enable the General Assembly to convene and make recommendations when the UNSC “fails to carry out its primary responsibility to act as necessary to maintain international peace and security.
“In the absence of a ceasefire and in light of the ongoing gross violations of international law, including humanitarian and human rights law, and violations of relevant UN resolutions… the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem, in particular in the Gaza Strip, conditions continue to deteriorate dramatically,” the joint UN General Assembly letter was quoted as saying CNN.
Francis said this emergency meeting is expected to take place at around 15.00 New York time, United States.
Israel’s brutal aggression against the Gaza Strip has become increasingly rampant since the ceasefire ended at the end of last November. The death toll as a result of Israeli aggression against Palestine since October 7 has reached 18 thousand people, including 7,800 children and 5,153 women.
For the umpteenth time, the US used its veto power and again thwarted a UN Security Council resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip last Friday.
As many as 13 of the 15 member countries of the UN Security Council supported the resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Meanwhile, the US vetoed and the UK abstained.
The UNSC draft resolution submitted by the United Arab Emirates calls for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire”, the unconditional release of all Hamas hostages, and ensuring humanitarian access for civilians in Gaza.
Discussion of this resolution at the UN Security Council also took place after being triggered by a letter from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres which used Article 99 of the UN Charter.
Article 99 of the UN Charter gives the UN Secretary General the authority to raise any issues and problems deemed important because they may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security.
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