Representatives vote on a draft resolution during a Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, on March 25, 2024. The Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution that demands an immediate cease-fire in Gaza for the holy month of Ramadan. (Xinhua/Xie E) UNITED NATIONS, ...
Resolution 2728 demands an immediate cease-fire in Gaza for Ramadan, leading to a sustainable cease-fire. The resolution also demands the release of all hostages. Before the vote on the draft resolution tabled by the 10 elected members of the Security Council, Russia proposed an oral amendment....
"We cannot imagine how the vote today, as well as the council's failure to respond to the Gaza conflict over the past 13 months, can escape the harsh judgment of history," he said. The Security Council adopted its first cease-fire resolution in June, endorsing a three-phase deal proposed...
The Security Council vote came after Russia and China vetoed a U.S.-sponsored resolution Friday that would have supported “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israeli-Hamas conflict. That resolution featured a weakened link between a cease-fire and the...
U.S. Blocks UN Security Council Vote Calling For Immediate Cease-Fire In GazaDC Rapier
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.
At an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, the United States once again vetoed a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. ▲US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield casts a veto vo...
Members of the United Nations Security Council vote on a Gaza resolution at the UN headquarters in New York City on Monday. The resolution was passed with 14 out of 15 votes. The US abstained. MINLU ZHANG/CHINA DAILY The much-awaited UN Security Council resolution to halt Gaza bloodshed was...
One week ago, the 15-nation Security Council failed to pass an agreement calling for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire because of a veto from the United States. Several council members repeated their call for a ceas...
UNITED NATIONS, April 10 (Xinhua) -- The Security Council on Friday called on Houthi rebels in Yemen to commit to a cease-fire. In a press statement, the council members endorsed UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' March 25 call for a cease-fire in Yemen amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ...