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WE ARE COMPLICIT! U.S., alone against the world, vetoes Security Council resolution on Gaza ceasefire

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Written by MONDOWEISS PALESTINE BUREAU MONDOWEISS PALESTINE BUREAU
Published: 09 December 2023 09 December 2023

The U.S. was the lone Security Council member to vote against a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, casting its veto despite nearly 100 states sponsoring the proposal. The American veto provoked outcry from humanitarian and advocacy groups, with Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calling it “a vote against humanity.”

https://mondoweiss.net/2023/12/operation-al-aqsa-flood-day-64-u-s-alone-against-the-world-vetoes-security-council-resolution-on-gaza-ceasefire/

To few people’s surprise, but amid widespread consternation, the United States chose on Friday to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution was brought forward by the United Arab Emirates and co-signed by 97 U.N. member states, after U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made the rare move to invoke Article 99 of the U.N. Charter, which allows the highest representative of the international body to bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter that “threatens the maintenance of international peace and security.”

The U.S., Israel’s foremost ally and financial backer, was the lone country in the 15-member Security Council to vote against the resolution, with the United Kingdom choosing to abstain.

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