2023-12-08 11:14:00
AI rally to demand ceasefire in Gaza © Marie-Anne Photography
In response to the US veto of the proposed UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, said:
“By vetoing this resolution, the United States has shown callous disregard for the suffering of civilians when the death toll and widespread destruction are overwhelming and when the humanitarian catastrophe taking place in the occupied Gaza Strip has no precedents.”
“The United States has brazenly exercised its right to veto and used it as a weapon to violate the Security Council, further undermining its credibility and ability to honor its mandate to maintain peace and security.” international.”
“It is completely unjustifiable to continue blocking substantive action by the UN Security Council to end a massive civilian bloodbath. “The use of the veto is morally indefensible and a dereliction of the United States’ duty to prevent heinous crimes and to enforce international law.”
“In addition to blocking the adoption of a ceasefire that would end the massive humanitarian suffering in Gaza, help hostages be returned, and calm tensions spreading in the region, the United States continues to transfer munitions under its own stamp of manufacturing to the government of Israel and that contribute to the annihilation of entire families.”
“Being the only State that has vetoed the resolution, it is obvious that the United States has been isolated from a good part of the world and from a no small fraction of its own population.” “He is showing an absolute absence of global leadership and demonstrates an inability to understand the meaning that this moment will have for history.”
“The United States seeks to lead a rules-based international order, and yet its blatant application of double standards and its disregard for international law has repercussions that go far beyond the terrible Gaza catastrophe, undermining an already weakened international system for the protection of civilians in conflict situations.”
“As a movement of more than 10 million people, we call on every person in the world to act and pressure their government to demonstrate that international law exists to protect people by ending this massacre through a lasting ceasefire. . Restoring humanity is a fundamental requirement to lay the foundations for a future based on the rights of all people, to end apartheid and offer justice and reparation to the victims.”
Additional information
All members of the Security Council voted in favor of the proposed resolution with the exception of the United States, which voted against, and the United Kingdom, which abstained.
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