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The UN Security Council seeks again on Monday to adopt a text demanding an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, a demand that was previously obstructed by the United States several times, but it recently showed signs of a change in its tone with the Zionist entity.
On Friday, Russia and China used their veto power in the UN Security Council to drop a US draft resolution in which Washington supported for the first time an “immediate” ceasefire in Gaza linked to the release of the hostages.
Some observers saw in that project a major shift in the position of Washington, which is under pressure to limit its support for the Zionist entity at a time when the Zionist attack resulted in the death of 32,226 people in Gaza, according to the latest toll announced by the Palestinian Ministry of Health on Sunday.
The United States has previously systematically opposed the term “ceasefire” in United Nations resolutions and has obstructed three texts in this context.
The American text that was overturned by veto did not explicitly call for an immediate ceasefire, but rather used wording that was considered ambiguous by the Arab countries and China, as well as Russia, which denounced the “hypocrisy” of the United States.
The draft resolution, which will be put to a vote on Monday, is the result of the work of non-permanent members of the Council who negotiated with the United States throughout the weekend in an attempt to avoid another failure, according to diplomatic sources who expressed some optimism about the outcome of the vote.
Source: afp
2024-03-26 07:32:41