US Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Robert Wood vetoed the draft calling for a ceasefire in Gaza in the UN Security Council.
The UN Security Council convened urgently today after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter for the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. A statement came from the USA before the “immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip” request, which is expected to be voted on in the Council. US Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Robert Wood, in his statement to the council, stated that the US does not support calls for such a step to be taken and said, “This will only sow the seeds of the next war. Because Hamas has no desire to see permanent peace.”
“Council will have the opportunity to respond to deafening calls”
Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the UN, Mohammed Abushahab, said in the council, “Today, this council will vote and will have the opportunity to respond to the deafening calls around the world to end this violence.”
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, in his statement to journalists in the US capital Washington DC, said that if the security council does not accept the decision, “Israel will be given a license to continue its massacre of Palestinians in Gaza.”
UN Secretary General Guterres: “The people of Gaza are being dragged towards the abyss”
The UN Security Council convened urgently today after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter for the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Speaking at the meeting where the “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip was discussed, Guterres said, “The people of Gaza are being dragged towards the abyss. The international community must do everything possible to end this ordeal. “I call on the Council to spare no effort to ensure an urgent humanitarian ceasefire to protect civilians and deliver aid,” he said.
Calling on the Council to take action, Guterres said, “The world and history are watching us. “Hamas’ attacks can never justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people,” he said.