NEW YORK: Palestinian UN Representative Riyad Mansour has expressed disappointment over ceasefire resolution failure at UNSC, Arab media reported on Friday.
He was speaking following the United States vetoed the resolution and termed the move “beyond regrettable”.
He said, “It is disastrous.” The envoy maintained that the UNSC was again prevented from rising to this moment to uphold its clear duties and responsibilities in the face of this grave conflict threatening human lives, regional and global security and peace.
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Mansoor said that instead of permitting the UNSC to uphold its mandate by finally making a clear call following two months of butcheries that the atrocities must stop, the war criminals are given additional time to continue them. He questioned, “How can this be justified?”
The US on Friday vetoed a UNSC resolution that would have called for an immediate truce in the intense war between Hamas and Israel in Gaza. Washington exercising its veto dashes a rising appeal for an immediate truce that had been led by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and regional countries.
The UN Chief had convened an emergency session of the UNSC after weeks of war left over 17,487 people dead in the Gaza Strip, mostly children and women.
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As a permanent UNSC member, the US can veto any resolution, while the UK, also a member, abstained on the vote on resolution. Earlier, several attempts to adopt a resolution calling for a truce were vetoed. The UN says around 80 percent of the population of Gaza has been displaced, facing shortages of fuel, food, medicine, and water along with the threat of disease.
