The new head of the Security Council: If a new resolution on Gaza is presented, we will review it

The ambassador of Japan and the rotating chairman of the Security Council, who has been the rotating chairman of this council since today, March 1, 2024, equivalent to 11 March 1402, announced that if a new resolution is presented for Establishing a ceasefire in Gaza will check it.

Kazuyuki Yamazaki, the ambassador and permanent representative of Japan to the United Nations and the interim president of the Security Council for March 2024, announced that the council will hold a meeting on the West Asia next week (Thursday, March 7).

Japan’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations stated: This meeting will be an opportunity to review the situation in Gaza.

Referring to the presentation of a draft resolution proposed by the United States to this council regarding Gaza, the rotating chairman of the Security Council said: If a new proposed resolution is presented by the members of the Security Council, we will present it and it will be discussed in the Security Council. We will check.

France, one of the 5 permanent members with veto power of the UN Security Council, presided over this council in January, and then Guyana and now Japan, another non-permanent member of the Security Council, presided over this council for It is in charge of one month (March).

Since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian resistance groups on October 7, 2023 (October 15, 1402), the 15-member UN Security Council has not been able to pass any resolution to establish an immediate ceasefire in Gaza due to the comprehensive support of the United States to Tel Aviv. While according to the UN officials and the whole world, the people of Gaza are in a terrible situation and are on the verge of famine.
On February 20, 2024 (March 1, 1402), America vetoed for the third time the draft resolution proposed to establish an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. This resolution won 13 positive votes of the 15-member Security Council, but the United States opposed it, causing it not to be approved or the same veto of the resolution. England, another member of the Security Council, also abstained.

A resolution to be approved by the Security Council requires 9 votes without opposition or the veto of five permanent members of this council (America, England, Russia, China and France).

Source: IRNA