Day: December 10, 2023

S vetoes UNSC resolution, backed by 97 countries, including Pakistan, demanding Gaza ceasefireThe United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza on Friday, despite moving calls for saving the lives of civilians in the bombed-out enclave.Thirteen of the 15 Security Council members voted in favor of a draft resolution put forward by the United Arab Emirates with the co-sponsorship of 97 countries, including Pakistan, while Britain abstained.Diplomats noted that the large vote in the Council leaves the US isolated as it shields its closest ally, Israel.The vote came after U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked a rarely-used UN Charter article 99 on Wednesday to formally warn the Security Council of a global threat from the two-month-long war.“It’s not an issue about isolation. It’s an issue about what we think is best to try to end this conflict as soon as possible and also to help facilitate more human

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itarian assistance going into Gaza,” US Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Robert Wood said, rejecting the ceasefire calls.

“We can’t just snap our fingers, and the conflict stops. This is a very, very difficult situation,” he told reporters ahead of…

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