Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. The United Nations Security Council is now demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in a new resolution adopted Monday. The Security Council has tried to pass a similar motion three times before this– each time the United States used its veto. But on Monday, our neighbours south of the border abstained, allowing the resolution to […]
BREAKING: UN Security Council passes draft resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza after the US abstains.🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/r4tSXHVqby pic.twitter.com/Q4JwL5rzoS— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) March 25, 2024 - The resolution passed as the US abstained and did not use their veto power- The other 14 members voted in favour- The US did not vote in favour as they claim the resolution failed to condemn Hamas- The Israeli PM said the US failure to use their veto is a "clear retreat"...
The resolution was passed by the council after the United States abstained from voting.
The UN Security Council has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, after the US did not veto the measure in a shift from its previous position. It also demanded the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. It is the first time the council has called for a ceasefire since the war began in […]
The measure passes after the US refrains from using its veto, in a shift from its previous position.
The UN Security Council has called for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza, after the US did not veto the measure in a shift from its previous position.
International•Mar 22 ’24 at 15:41Author of the books: BNR Web Editors and ANP United Nations Security Council rejects US resolution on Gaza ceasefire Russia used its veto because the country believed the text did not go far enough. Earlier, the US opposed resolutions calling on Hamas and Israel to lay down their arms. China also […]
A planned UN Security Council vote on a resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza war during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan has been postponed until Monday. A vote had originally been scheduled for Saturday, but was delayed at the last minute, with diplomats continuing negotiations behind closed doors to make an adoption of the draft resolution more likely, dpa understands. On Friday, Russia and China vetoed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the war between...
The United Nations Security Council on Friday failed to pass the United States' resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after Russia and China vetoed the measure, objecting to the resolution's demand that Hamas release all its remaining hostages as a condition of the ceasefire.
Serbia’s foreign minister criticised the UN Security Council’s decision not to hold a Russian-proposed debate about NATO’s 1999 air campaign against Yugoslavia, while Kosovo accused Moscow of using the issue to justify its war in Ukraine.
Israeli PM cancels White House visit by two ministers and says US ‘abandoned its policy in the UN’ after abstaining on voteThe UN security council has voted to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the first time since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, after the US dropped a threat to veto, bringing Israel to near total isolation on the world stage.The vote result sets up the strongest public clash between US president Joe Biden and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the war...
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