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 vot...
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.
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 passes Gaza ceasefire resolution The secretary-general Antonio Guterres took to X to say it must be implemented. "The Security Council just approved a long-awaited resolution on Gaza, demanding an immediate ceasefire, and the immediate and unconditional release of all h...
On Tuesday, theU.S. State Department rejected claims by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the vote on a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza has hurt efforts to free Israeli hostages held by Hamas. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said Hamas had delivered its response to...
The vote in the United Nations Security Council on Palestine's full membership on Thursday highlights the enduring, but unfortunately unsuccessful, quest of the Palestinian people for statehood. It also exposes the United States...
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations, holds to abstain her vote as the United Nations Security Council passed a cease-fire resolution in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, its first demand to halt...
US blocks UN Security Council action on GazaEDITH M. LEDERER
US votes against UN resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza The U.S. was the only nation on the security council to vote against the resolution. February 20, 2024 Additional Live Streams Live ABC News Live Live Heavy rain moves through the Northeast; atmospheric river brings flood...
Last month, the US vetoes a Security Council resolution demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire, objecting that the resolution did not link the truce to an immediate release of hostages taken by Hamas. The council’s 14 other members supported the resolution. ...