JAKARTA - The United States and Israel voted against when the UN General Assembly agreed on a resolution urging an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and a resolution in favor of the UN Aid Agency for Palestine (UNRWA) at the United Nations headquarters, New York, United States on Wednesday local time.
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) held a follow-up session of its 10th emergency special session, following the United States veto in a resolution collection on the Gaza Strip conflict, Palestine at the UN Security Council last November, quoted from the UN News December 12 website.
The General Assembly session this time successfully adopted two resolutions with a majority vote, first asking Israel to lift the ban on UNRWA operations, secondly urging an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and full access to humanitarian aid in the Palestinian enclave.
The first resolution address the draft law approved by the Israeli Parliament Knesset on October 28 which prohibits UNRWA from operating in occupied Israeli and Palestinian territories, including Gaza and the West Bank.
As many as 159 countries support this resolution, 11 countries abstain and 9 countries oppose. Among the opposing countries are the United States, Israel and Paraguay.
The next resolution calls for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, calling for the release of all hostages immediately and unconditionally.
As many as 158 countries have declared their support for the resolution, 13 countries have declared abstention and nine countries are against it. Among the opposing countries are the United States, Israel and Paraguay.
The US ambassador explained earlier that these designers and a resolution on the ceasefire in Gaza wanted to "print political points".
Meanwhile, the Israeli Ambassador said that this resolution vote sent a message that the lives of Israeli citizens did not receive the attention of the assembly.
Meanwhile, Ambassador Paraguay explained that his delegation could not support both resolutions because it did not address all issues and was unbalanced, highlighting the draft ceasefire that only condemned Israel.
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The latest conflict in Gaza broke out on October 7, 2023, when a Palestinian militant group led by Hamas attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and another 250 being held hostage, according to Israeli calculations.
Israel responded to this by blocking, airstrikes and land operations in the Gaza Strip region.
Palestinian news agency WAFA quoted medical sources as reporting on Wednesday that the death toll from Palestine since the new conflict broke had reached 44,805 people, 106,257 people were injured, the majority were child and female victims.
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