The meeting will be held notwithstanding the repeal of two previous drafts presented by Russia and Brazil demanding a ceasefire.
Russia presented its proposal last Monday, calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, which did not gather the nine necessary votes within the body. The representations of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Japan opposed the project, while Albania, Brazil, Ghana, Malta, Switzerland, and Ecuador abstained.
Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, regretted the result and the “selfish intentions of the bloc of Western countries. (…) This is the only reason why (the Council) could not send a clear, forceful, and collective message, aimed at reducing tension; we are talking about the most serious explosion of violence in recent decades,” he stressed.
Two days later, the United States vetoed another project prepared by Brazil calling for a ceasefire for the entry of aid to the Gaza Strip. The US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said the decision was due to the absence of mentioning “Israel’s right to self-defense.”
The result was described as “incredible” by the Chinese representative to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, who scolded his US counterpart for creating false expectations about the possibility of the approval of the project.
Brazil, which currently presides over the Security Council, also regretted the United States’ veto of its proposal and called for urgent consideration of a ceasefire and the resumption of peace.
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