Press statement from the Elected 10 Group (Algeria,Ecuador,Guyana,Japan,Malta,Mozambique,Republic of Korea,Sierra Leone,Slovenia,Switzerland) on the #Gaza#ceasefire resolution. Responding to a reporter’s question on the #US remark that the resolution is #nonbinding, Mozambique Amb Pedro Comissario said, "All…[#UN] #SecurityCouncil resolutions are #binding & #mandatory. I have been a member of the International Law Commission for 15 years & I know what I'm saying…” http://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1m/k1m284v9ph /1
On the systematic #destruction of the #health system in #Gaza. On what it means to try and save #civilians there. On learning more and more #medical professionals are being killed. On little #children starting to wish they were dead.
Algeria's UN draft resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Palestine was vetoed by United States during UN Security Council's 9552nd meeting on 20 February 2024....
#Israel has said it has informed the families of 31 people held in the territory since 7 October that their relatives are dead. The news came as the Qatari prime minister said #Hamas had given a “generally positive” response to proposals for a deal trading a break in the fighting and release of #Palestinian prisoners for the return of more #hostages.
The #US abstained and the 14 other council members all voted in favour of the #SecurityCouncil#ceasefire resolution, put forward by the 10 elected council members who voiced their frustration with more than five months of deadlock between the major powers. Applause broke out in the chamber after the vote.
Imagine if five US states; New York, Delaware Floriduh, Lousiana and Texas all allowed the governor to veto US laws.
Insane right? Stupid.
And yet the crap United Nations allows International Law breakers China, Russia, The US, England (there is no UK) and France to violate the UN routinely.
We need TWO new international orgs; one that is democracies only with an independent agency that can pull credentials for shit democracies like Hungary or Cuba (and soon likely the US) and a second
that is like the UN but doesnt have the five Outlaws Running the Prison In the Security Council but still allows non legitimate non democracies to have a voice for peace
"The Security Council was again prevented from rising to this moment to uphold its clear responsibilities in the face of this grave crisis threatening human lives and threatening regional and international peace and security," said the Palestinian envoy to the United Nations.
“This crisis underlines once again the need for reform of the Security Council. It has long been my view that the Security Council no longer serves the purpose for which it was established. It represents the realpolitik of the Second World War, not the 21st century.”
Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
#CAIRO — After a long journey from #Gaza, more than 100 American citizens and their families have entered #Egypt through the #RafahCrossing. Jonathan Webster, the #USEmbassy in Cairo's consul general, said some of those families are telling him they ran out of food and water during their journeys. #Israel
Decrying a 'spiraling humanitarian nightmare,' UN Secretary-General #AntonioGuterres declared that nowhere in #Gaza was safe for civilians, hours before the #US vetoed a #SecurityCouncil resolution backed by the vast majority of its members. #Israel
Algeria's UN draft resolution on "the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question", S/2024/173 (20 February 2024) (documents.un.org)
Algeria's UN draft resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Palestine was vetoed by United States during UN Security Council's 9552nd meeting on 20 February 2024....