• Dutch welcome UN resolution on Gaza, call for an end to violence

    Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte has welcomed the UN Security Council vote in favour of a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire and unconditional release of all hostages taken during the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks. Rutte said the vote is “important” and that “what is now needed is to stop the violence, free the hostages, immediately send in vastly more humanitarian aid to Gaza and find a lasting solution.” Foreign minister Hanke Bruins Slot said on social media she

  • UN Security Council Passes Gaza Ceasefire Resolution, US Abstains

    The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for Ramadan and the release of all hostages. The US abstained from the vote, and the other 14 members of the Security Council voted in favor of the resolution. The US had previously vetoed

  • Netanyahu Cancels Israeli Delegation to US After It Allows UN Ceasefire Resolution

    Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said he will not send a delegation as planned to Washington after the United States refrained from vetoing a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

  • US Decries "Outrageous" China & Russia Veto Of Its Gaza Ceasefire Resolution At UN

    US Decries "Outrageous" China & Russia Veto Of Its Gaza Ceasefire Resolution At UN On Friday Russia and China, along with Algeria, vetoed a US draft resolution on Gaza calling for ceasefire, with the objectors complaining that the language fell short of a clear and unequivocal demand for a ceasefire. The draft ceasefire sought to directly link an immediate ceasefire with the release of all hostages from Gaza. China and Russia saw in it language that paves the way for okaying an...

  • The US finally backs a ceasefire, but the nuances in its UN resolution show the tightrope it walks

    Draft resolution loosens linkage between Gaza ceasefire and hostage release as US tries to claw back leadership on issue at UNWashington’s draft UN security council resolution on Gaza marks a shift in the US position, but it is a nuanced shift, retaining the linkage between a ceasefire and hostage release while loosening that linkage and emphasising that an immediate end to hostilities is the priority.The primary focus for now is the hostage negotiations underway in Qatar, which are moving into...

  • US calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal in draft UN resolution

    Source says wording suggests significant movement in US position as pressure mounts on Israel to halt campaignThe US has drafted a new UN security council resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire” and hostage deal in Gaza, amid mounting pressure on Israel to halt its military campaign and allow the delivery of substantial amounts of humanitarian aid into the Palestinian territory.The CIA and Mossad spy chiefs, William Burns and David Barnea, were expected to arrive in Qatar on Friday in...

  • UN Security Council Considering US-Sponsored Resolution Declaring That Gaza Ceasefire Is “Imperative”

    The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on a United States-sponsored resolution declaring that “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is “imperative” to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2 million Palestinians. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said she was optimistic that the […]

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    The UN will vote on a US resolution declaring that an immediate cease-fire in Gaza is imperative

    By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a U.S.-sponsored resolution declaring that “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war is “imperative” to protect civilians and allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to more than 2 million hungry Palestinians. U.S. Ambassador Linda

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    The UN will vote on a US resolution declaring that an immediate cease-fire in Gaza is imperative

    By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on a United States-sponsored resolution declaring that “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is “imperative” to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2 million hungry

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    The UN will vote on a US resolution declaring that an immediate cease-fire in Gaza is imperative

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on a United States-sponsored resolution declaring that “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is “imperative” to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2 million hungry Palestinians. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said []

  • The UN will vote on a US resolution declaring that an immediate cease-fire in Gaza is imperative

    The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a U.S.-sponsored resolution declaring that “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war is “imperative” to protect civilians and allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to more than 2 million hungry Palestinians

  • US and Japan push for ban on nuclear weapons in space with UN security council resolution

    UN chief António Guterres says risk of nuclear war has escalated and that ‘humanity cannot survive a sequel to Oppenheimer’The US and Japan are sponsoring a UN security council resolution calling on all nations not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space, the US ambassador has announced.Linda Thomas-Greenfield told a UN security council meeting that “any placement of nuclear weapons into orbit around the Earth would be unprecedented, dangerous, and unacceptable.” Continue reading