The UN Security Council has met six times since the start of the conflict in the Middle East Photo: EFE/EPA/JUSTIN LANE
The United Nations Security Council will discuss the war in the Middle East again this Tuesday (19) and is expected to vote on a resolution presented by the United Arab Emirates to facilitate humanitarian access to Gaza.
The meeting was scheduled for this Monday (18) at 3 p.m. (5 p.m. in Brasília), then it was postponed to two hours later and finally postponed to Tuesday for lastminute negotiations on the language of the text, especially the references , to allow for the cessation of hostilities.
The United States has twice vetoed resolutions calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, once recognizing Israel's right to selfdefense and another time calling for the release of all hostages as a condition for an end to the fighting .
The resolution contains a sentence that “calls for an urgent and sustained cessation of hostilities” to allow humanitarian access, and at this point the US could object, thereby supporting its ally Israel, which is against and claims to be against any kind of ceasefire It would help Hamas to arm itself and organize itself.
Amnesty International has already called on the US to adopt the resolution because “any use of the veto will lead to more deaths, hunger and suffering,” said its Secretary General Agnès Callamard on her account on the social network X (formerly Twitter). ), message also sent to President Joe Biden and the State Department.
Aside from language on the cessation of hostilities (or “suspension” as proposed by the US), the resolution focuses on mechanisms to ensure the flow of humanitarian assistance to be monitored by the United Nations “for a period of one year.” . and calls for the unconditional release of the hostages held by Hamas, but also an end to the attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure.
The Security Council has met six times to discuss the Gaza issue and only once has it reached consensus on a vetofree resolution calling for “urgent and prolonged humanitarian pauses” in the war. On this occasion, the United States decided to abstain.
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