Russia’s request to the Security Council not to support the US draft resolution on Gaza

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Tass” news agency, Vasily Nebenzia, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, announced last night at the Security Council meeting that this country wants not to support the draft Middle East resolution proposed by the United States on the situation in the Gaza Strip, because this document It is another license to continue killing Palestinian people living in this area.

Nebenzia said: the draft “alternative” resolution of the Security Council proposed by the United States on the situation in the Gaza Strip does not include a request for a ceasefire and aims to expand the organization’s “umbrella” nations for Israeli military operations in this area. This is not an alternative plan, but another license to kill Palestinian civilians, which the United States intends to give to the Israeli authorities, this time with the signature of the UN Security Council.

According to This Russian diplomat, the United Nations should also consider imposing sanctions against those who prevent the provision of humanitarian aid to the people of the Gaza Strip. In his speech, Nebenzia referred to the 2018 memorandum in accordance with Security Council Resolution 2417, which condemned the use of starvation against civilians as a method of war.

The representative of Russia also He considered America directly responsible for the sacrifice of a large number of innocent people in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Nebenzia added: By obstructing international efforts to end the violence in Gaza, Washington is fully responsible for the unprecedented number of casualties among civilians living in this area during the escalation of conflicts, which have reached more than 30,000 people so far, and this The price of America’s veto on Security Council resolutions about Gaza.

In addition, according to He, Russia expects that in the coming days the UN Security Council will meet to discuss the situation related to the financing of the International Relief and Works Agency in the Middle East for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).

Last week, the United States once again vetoed the adoption of a resolution proposed by Algeria in the UN Security Council, which called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. This draft was supported by 13 members of the Security Council, and only the United States and its ally, the United Kingdom, refused to vote for it. He emphasized that this decision of the Washington authorities shows their attitude towards the people in the dire situation of the region.

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