Gaza Genocide: UN Security Council passes resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire

By Ruzeki, Shadoww News 

March 25, 2024 

Here's what you should know about UNSC cease-fire resolution: 

• The UN Security Council for the first time passes a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. 
• Fourteen countries voted in favour of the resolution; the US, which is Israel’s main ally, abstained. 
• At least 34,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 80,000 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. 
• The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attack stands at 1,000, with dozens still held captive by both sides. 

Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, claimed that the resolution failed to demand a ceasefire without conditioning it on the release of captives in Gaza. In addition, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir termed the UN as the wasteland. 

As reported earlier, PM Netanyahu cancelled the departure of an Israeli delegation for talks at the White House on its planned Rafah offensive after the US abstained on the vote on the Security Council resolution. 

Hamas welcomed the UN Security Council resolution but also emphasises its own positions on a ceasefire and the release of captives. 

According to the White House, its abstention from a UN vote demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza does not represent a shift in US foreign policy. US officials are disappointed about Netanyahu’s decision not to send his advisers for talks at the White House about the Rafah operation. 

Malta, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Slovenia and other UN members continue to call for full implementation of the UN Security Council resolution that legally binds Israel to an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for roughly the next two weeks. 

The UN chief Antonio Guterres says the UN Security Council just approved a long-awaited resolution on Gaza that demands an immediate ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all captives. 

The Security Council just approved a long-awaited resolution on Gaza, demanding an immediate ceasefire, and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.

This resolution must be implemented. Failure would be unforgivable.

— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) March 25, 2024

Algeria’s representative welcomed the resolution’s passing, saying the UN Security Council was finally shouldering its responsibility as the primary organ responsible for maintaining international peace and security. He added that the Gaza genocide had continued for far too long. 

Mozambique’s ambassador to the UN, Pedro Comissario Afonso, introduced the draft resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. Russia’s ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya proposed an amendment to Mozambique's text, but it is voted down by the United States.