{"id":2205568,"date":"2024-03-25T11:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-security-council-demands-immediate-gaza-ceasefire-after-us-abstains-from-vote\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:43:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:43:56","slug":"un-security-council-demands-immediate-gaza-ceasefire-after-us-abstains-from-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-security-council-demands-immediate-gaza-ceasefire-after-us-abstains-from-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Security Council calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire following US decision to abstain from voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fun-security-council-demands-immediate-gaza-ceasefire-after-us-abstains-from-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2205568&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Urgent\u2062 Call for Peace: UN Demands Ceasefire in Gaza<\/h2>\n<p>The <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">United\u200b Nations Security Council<\/span> on Monday \u2064made a resounding plea for an immediate\u200b ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, coupled with the\u2064 swift\u2062 and \u200c <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">unconditional release<\/span> of all hostages, following the \u2062dramatic abstention of the <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">United States<\/span> from the critical vote.<\/p>\n<p>As\u200b the deliberation \u200dunfolded, <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">14 council members<\/span> \u200b threw \u2063their weight \u2064behind the resolution, spearheaded by the <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">10 elected members<\/span> of\u200d the\u200c council, signaling a unified\u200d stance for peace \u200bin \u2064the tumultuous\u2064 region.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Pleading for Humanity: Voices from \u200dthe Council<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The Palestinian people have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/communist-china-doubles-down-on-impossible-zero-covid-benchmark-to-control-citizens-with-brutal-lockdowns\/\" title=\"Communist China Doubles Down On Impossible \u2018Zero Covid\u2019 Benchmark To Control Citizens With Brutal Lockdowns\">endured immense suffering<\/a>. This bloodbath has persisted \u200cfor far too long. It is our\u2063 solemn duty to halt this\u200d bloodshed before \u200cit reaches a\u200b point of no return,&#8221;\u2062 shared Algeria&#8217;s \u200cU.N.\u2062 ambassador Amar Bendjama passionately post \u2063the crucial vote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Amid high-stakes diplomacy, reports emerged that Israeli Prime\u200d Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had \u2062contemplated shelving\u2064 a diplomatic mission\u2064 to Washington should the <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">United States<\/span> refrain from vetoing the\u2064 resolution, highlighting the gravity of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Previously cautious to endorse a \u2062ceasefire term, the <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">United States<\/span> altered its\u200b stance in the face of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-to-travel-to-middle-east-in-the-coming-days\/\" title=\"Blinken to Travel to Middle East 'in the Coming Days'\">mounting international pressure<\/a>, ultimately opting to abstain from\u200d the vote to enable the\u2063 Security Council\u200d to push for\u2064 an immediate ceasefire, especially pertinent during the final stretch of the <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Muslim \u200bfasting month of Ramadan<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution underscored the imperative for\u200d an <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">immediate and unconditional<\/span> release\u200c of all hostages, as Israel raised concerns over 253 individuals held captive in conjunction with\u200b the prior Hamas offensive.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Commitment to Action: Diplomatic Pledges<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">United States<\/span>&#8216; support for these objectives extends beyond rhetoric.\u200d We are \u2064actively engaged in\u2064 diplomatic efforts around the clock to translate them into\u200b tangible actions\u2064 on the ground because we acknowledge that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-has-no-idea-whether-ukrainian-president-was-joking-about-invasion-day\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Has No Idea Whether Ukrainian President Was Joking About Invasion Day\">diplomacy remains<\/a> \u200bthe pivotal avenue to drive \u2062this \u2064agenda forward,&#8221; affirmed U.S. ambassador to \u200dthe U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Initiating \u2063a ceasefire is contingent on the\u2063 immediate release\u200d of the \u2064first hostage, thus underscoring the \u200cnecessity to exert pressure on Hamas \u200dto initiate this \u200bcrucial step,&#8221; she emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thomas-Greenfield elaborated on the <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">United States<\/span>&#8216; decision to abstain, citing disparities with certain aspects of the resolution and the absence of a direct censure of Hamas in the text.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the Security Council resolution emphasized the urgent need to bolster <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">humanitarian aid<\/span> \u2062distribution and \u2062fortify\u200c civilian safeguarding across the entirety of the Gaza Strip, reiterating the call for unobstructed humanitarian access at scale.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">United States<\/span> has previously leveraged its veto power thrice \u200bto thwart draft council resolutions concerning the Gaza conflict, in addition \u2063to two prior \u200cabstentions allowing the adoption of resolutions aimed at amplifying aid provisions and calling for cessation of hostilities.<\/p>\n<p>Both <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Russia<\/span> and <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">China<\/span> have wielded\u2064 their veto authority on two U.S.-propelled resolutions during the conflict, further delineating\u2062 the intricate diplomatic landscape surrounding this protracted crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN Security Council urged an instant ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the unconditional release of all hostages after the US abstained. With 14 members voting for the resolution, proposed by the 10 elected members, the Council stated, &#8220;The Palestinian people have endured immense suffering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2205569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-31T122238Z_1_LYNXMPEJ9U0FB_RTROPTP_4_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-scaled-e1698760835967.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2205568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-31T122238Z_1_LYNXMPEJ9U0FB_RTROPTP_4_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-scaled-e1698760835967.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2205568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2205569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2205568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2205568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}