2023-10-28 12:26:05
9:10 a.m.: The UN General Assembly votes for a “humanitarian truce”, angering Israel
The UN General Assembly on Friday called by a large majority for an “immediate humanitarian truce”, on the 21st day of the war between Hamas and Israel, which castigated “infamy” when its army announced “to extend » its ground operations in Gaza. After four failures in ten days by the Security Council to act, the General Assembly took over on this issue which highlighted divisions, particularly among Westerners.
“As we witness a ground invasion of Israel as we speak, and in the absence of determined action by the Security Council, [la résolution] has a simple but vital objective, in line with the raison d’être of the United Nations: peace,” said Jordanian Ambassador Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud, whose country developed the text on behalf of the group of 22 Arab countries.
The non-binding resolution, which “calls for an immediate, lasting and sustained humanitarian truce, leading to the cessation of hostilities”, received in New York to applause 120 votes for, 14 against (including Israel and the United States), and 45 abstentions, out of the 193 members of the UN. Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour burst out with joy, thanking the General Assembly for its “courage” for saying “enough is enough, this war must stop, the carnage against our people must stop.”
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