Israel-Gaza crisis: Competing Security Council resolutions reveal diplomatic fault lines

The UN Security Council’s first intervention in the Gaza crisis – a Russian-led draft resolution calling for humanitarian ceasefire – was voted down on Monday. Despite this setback, diplomatic efforts are in full swing as ambassadors prepare to consider another text on the unprecedented crisis. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/10/1142467
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Competing Security Council resolutions reveal diplomatic fault lines
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Competing Security Council resolutions reveal diplomatic fault lines

Israel-Gaza crisis: Competing Security Council resolutions reveal diplomatic fault lines

17 Oct 2023

The UN Security Council’s first intervention in the Gaza crisis – a Russian-led draft resolution calling for humanitarian ceasefire – was voted down on Monday. Despite this setback, diplomatic efforts are in full swing as ambassadors prepare to consider another text on the unprecedented crisis.

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Israel-Gaza crisis: US vetoes Security Council resolution

Israel-Gaza crisis: US vetoes Security Council resolution

18 Oct 2023

The United States on Wednesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have called for “humanitarian pauses” to deliver lifesaving aid to millions in Gaza. The failure by the Council to make its first public intervention on the Israel-Gaza crisis followed the rejection of a Russian-backed draft on Monday evening.

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UPDATING LIVE: Israel-Gaza crisis; US vetoes Security Council resolution

UPDATING LIVE: Israel-Gaza crisis; US vetoes Security Council resolution

18 Oct 2023

The United States on Wednesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have called for “humanitarian pauses” to deliver lifesaving aid to millions in Gaza. The failure by the Council to make its first public intervention on the Israel-Gaza crisis followed the rejection of a Russian-backed draft on Monday evening.