(AFP, United Nations Headquarters, New York, 25th) The United Nations Security Council once again failed to take action on the war between Israel and Hamas today as Russia and China vetoed the US-led draft resolution and the Moscow-led text did not receive enough support.
While diplomats said France was delaying the vote and making a last-ditch effort to reach consensus, rival powers continued to propose resolution texts that were doomed to fail.
The United States, which also exercised its veto last week, proposed a resolution supporting “humanitarian pauses” to allow aid into the blockaded Gaza Strip and support for “all states” to have their own rights within the bounds of international law. The right to defend.
The U.S.-led draft resolution stopped short of calling for a comprehensive ceasefire, with Russia proposing seeking an “immediate, lasting and fully respected humanitarian ceasefire” and “condemning all violent and malicious acts against civilians.”
10 countries in the Security Council supported the resolution led by the United States, which has historically supported Israel, but Russia and China exercised veto power; the United Arab Emirates, which was obviously friendly after normalizing relations with Israel in 2020, also voted against it because it represents the Arab League. Two council members, Brazil and Mozambique, abstained.
Vassily Nebenzia, Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, said: “It is clear that the United States does not want the UN Security Council decision to have any impact on a possible ground attack by Israel on Gaza.”
“This extremely politicized document clearly has a goal, which is not to save ordinary people, but to consolidate the political position of the United States in this region,” he said.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield insisted that the United States has embraced feedback from the rest of the world since exercising its veto power.
Due to the deadlock in the Security Council, the United Nations General Assembly is scheduled to discuss the Israel-Kazakhstan war on the 26th and 27th.
More than 6,500 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed so far, and there are fears the death toll could rise significantly if Israel launches a widely anticipated ground invasion to destroy Hamas and rescue hostages. (Translator: Xu Ruicheng/Verification: Zhang Xiaowen)
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2023-10-26 03:26:27
