“On Thursday, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for an immediate cease to cease fire in the Gaza Sector, the protection of civilians and the fulfillment of legal and humanitarian obligations for Palestine.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: General Assembly site, Ukrinform
Details: “149 countries voted for,” 12, abstained – 19.
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The resolution was voted by the United States, Israel, Argentina, Hungary, as well as Fiji, Micronesia, Naura, Palau, Papua Nova Guinea, Paraguay, Tonga, Tuvala.
Ukraine spoke “as well as the vast majority of European states (except Hungary, which was” abstained by Albania, Romania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic).
The document initiated by Spain requires immediate, unconditional and constant cease to cease fire in gas in gas, release of hostages, held by Hamas, the return of Palestinian prisoners detained by Israel, and the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza.
In addition, the resolution requires unimpeded access to humanitarian aid and “strongly condemns the use of civilian famine as a method of warfare and illegal refusal of access to humanitarian assistance and deprivation of civilian population … The objects necessary for their survival, including intentional obstruction.
UN General Assembly resolutions are not obligatory.
Last week, the United States was vetoed on a similar project of the UN Security Council, which also demanded an immediate, unconditional and constant cease to cease fire and unimpeded access to the Gaza, arguing that this will undermine Washington’s efforts from mediation. The other 14 members of the Council voted in favor of the Resolution’s project.
Danon Danon Danon condemned Hamas’s murder at least five humanitarian mission staff and criticized the UN General Assembly for his insufficient position on the group’s actions.