The United States has never ever understood the true purpose of the right of veto in the United Nations and has actually misused it to make it possible for the Israeli war device to eliminate Palestinians, Russias Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia has said.The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Wednesday requiring an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
The vote came three weeks after the US vetoed a similarly worded movement in the UN Security Council.General Assembly resolutions are exempt to vetoes and are non-binding in nature, unlike Security Council resolutions.The right of veto was not conceived by the starting fathers of the UN to offer their buddies a license to eliminate civilians, but it was created as a tool to guarantee that the decisions of the Security Council are balanced, Nebenzia said in his address to the Assembly on Wednesday.Unfortunately, the US never ever recognized that and is using this instrument to offer leeway to the Israeli war maker, he added.The General Assembly demanded an instant, genuine and irreversible ceasefire in Gaza, adopting the file with 158 votes in favor to nine against, with 13 abstentions.
Israel and the United States were among the nations that voted versus the motion.On November 20, the US, a permanent member of the Security Council, blocked a comparable draft resolution that demanded an instant and unconditional ceasefire in the occupied area, and an instant and genuine release of all hostages.
The document protected 14 votes in favor.According to the UN Security Council voting system, for a resolution to be adopted, it must secure a minimum of 9 votes in favor, and no votes against.The US representative, Ambassador Robert Wood, stated at the time that Washington might not support a ceasefire unless it was connected to the release of captives being kept in Gaza by Hamas and other militant groups.The Security Council resolution was the latest victim of the self-centered and narrow-minded geopolitical interests of the United States, Nebenzia claimed.The November veto showed that the Democratic administration of outgoing United States President Joe Biden had taken the side of brutal force, inhumanity and overall impunity, he said.If you are a close ally of the United States, you have no laws or limitations to comply with, and commitments under international law are nothing but hot air.Nearly 45,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by Israeli forces because October 2023, according to local officials.Israel has firmly insisted that its operation in Gaza will continue up until all captives are freed and the danger to the Jewish state presented by Hamas and allied groups are eliminated.The war broke out on October 7, 2023, when the militant group carried out a surprise attack on Israeli cities, eliminating some 1,200 people and abducting over 250.
According to Israeli officials, around 100 captives remain in captivity.