UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council on Friday passed a key resolution, emphasizing the immediate acceleration of aid deliveries to the distressed civilians in Gaza, but without the original call for an "urgent suspension of hostilities" between Israel and Hamas. Resolution...
UNITED NATIONS, June 10 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution aimed at reaching a comprehensive ceasefire deal in three phases to end the war in Gaza. Adopted with 14 votes in favor and Russia abstaining, the resolution also urges the two parties to the ...
UN Security Council urges End to all Military Activities in Gaza
The United States is urging the U.N. Security Council to support the three-phase plan announced by President Joe Biden aimed at ending the nearly eight-month war in Gaza, freeing hostages and sending massive aid into the devastated territory.
The resolution, drafted by the United Arab Emirates and backed by more than 100 countries, gained support from 13 of the 15 Security Council members, with Britain abstaining. UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution demanding immedi...
A UN Security Council vote on a resolution to increase much-needed aid deliveries to Gaza has been delayed as talks continue to avoid a third US veto over a halt in the fighting between Israel and Hamas. The 15-member council was initially going to vote on the resolution ...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has described the veto as an instrument that has paralyzed the council from taking action on Gaza. Worsening geopolitical divides have "transformed the veto power into an effective instrument of paral...
The Security Council cannot stop its work to uphold justice and fulfill its responsibilities just because of the veto, he said. French UN ambassador Nicholas de Riviere regretted that the draft resolution was not adopted given the disastrous situation on the ground. "There is an extreme urgency ...
UNITED NATIONS, May 10 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council on Friday called for investigators to be allowed unimpeded access to mass graves in Gaza. In a press statement, the council members expressed their deep concern over reports of the discovery of mass graves in and around the Nasser ...