The United Arab Emirates has called on the UN Security Council to vote on Friday morning on a draft resolution that demands an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.
“The situation in the Gaza Strip is catastrophic and close to irreversible. We cannot wait. The Council needs to act decisively to demand a humanitarian ceasefire,” the UAE mission to the UN said.
The renewed push for a ceasefire was made after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, for the first time in his tenure, invoked the powerful Article 99 of the UN Charter, which allows him to “bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security”.
To be adopted, a resolution needs at least nine votes in favor and no vetoes by the five permanent members - the United States, Russia, China, France or Britain.
The US has said it does not support any further action by the council at this time.
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The United Nations Security Council will vote on a resolution about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, drafted by the United Arab Emirates, on Friday, December 8, the Ecuador Permanent Mission to the United Nations said.
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