The United Nations (UN) General Assembly approved this Friday, with 120 votes in favor, a resolution calling for an “immediate, lasting and sustained humanitarian truce” in Gaza and the end of Israel’s order to displace the population to southern Gaza. enclave.
The draft resolution presented by Jordan and co-sponsored by more than 40 UN Member States received 120 votes in favor, 14 against and 45 abstentions from the 193 UN Member States.
Countries such as the United States, Austria and Hungary voted against this text and among the countries that abstained are Ukraine, Canada, Albania and Cape Verde.
Although not binding, this resolution has political weight and shows the position of the international community in relation to the way in which Israel is conducting its war against the Islamist group Hamas.
Also approved was an amendment proposed by Canada, and supported by dozens of countries, including Portugal, the United States and the United Kingdom, which unequivocally condemns the Hamas terrorist attacks of October 7 and calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the hostages. put to a vote, but was not approved as it did not receive the favorable votes of two thirds of the Member States (it received 88 votes in favor, 55 against and 23 abstentions).
This amendment comes after harsh criticism launched on Thursday by the Israeli ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, who criticized the fact that the Jordanian text did not have a single reference to Hamas attacks. The United States also criticized the fact that the word “hostages” was not used in the Jordan draft.
The vote took place in a special emergency session of the UN General Assembly, convened after the blockade of the UN Security Council, which so far has failed to approve any of the four resolutions voted on the issue.
Source: TSF
