The new US draft resolution is another license to kill Palestinians
| The permanent representative of Russia in the United Nations announced that the draft of the new resolution proposed by the United States is another license to kill the Palestinian people. |
reported by Mehr News Agency quoted by Itartas, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, announced that Russia asks the United Nations Security Council not to support the draft of the new American resolution on the Middle East because this document is nothing but There is no license to kill Palestinian civilians.
He said: “The new draft of the Security Council resolution on Gaza, which was proposed by the United States, does not contain a request for a cease-fire, and its purpose is to expand the umbrella of support of the United Nations to Israel’s operations in this is the area. This is by no means an alternative draft, but another authorization to kill Palestinian civilians, and the US is determined to give this authorization to Israel through the Security Council. We ask the members of the council not to support this destructive effort”
Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations said: “Washington, by obstructing international efforts to stop the violence in Gaza, bears the full responsibility for the unprecedented number of civilian victims of this escalation, which has reached 30,000 so far.” has arrived, is in charge. This is the price of America’s veto in the UN Security Council.”
Nebenzia said: an immediate ceasefire and Israel’s compliance with international humanitarian laws is the only and most vital way to prevent widespread famine in Gaza, but the United States vetoed all of them four times. This has prevented the Council from making such a decision. With tens of thousands dead and starving in Gaza, the US delegation continues to say a ceasefire is dangerous because it undermines America’s fragile diplomacy on the ground.
On February 20, the United States once again prevented the adoption of a draft Security Council resolution that called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. 13 out of 15 members of the Security Council, including Russia and China, voted in favor of the document presented by Algeria. Britain abstained and the United States vetoed the resolution. Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations said that the United Nations Security Council should consider sanctions against countries that prevent humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip.
Nebenzia said: “The note of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs based on Security Council Resolution 2417 (adopted in 2018 condemning the use of starvation against civilians as a method of warfare), for The UN Security Council has no choice but to pursue a ceasefire to create the necessary conditions for the work of humanitarian and medical personnel. It should also not be forgotten that based on the provisions of the above resolution, the Security Council has the right to consider sanctions against those who prevent the needy from accessing humanitarian aid. We believe that now is the time to activate this provision.”
