The United Nations Security Council was due to vote Wednesday on a much-delayed resolution calling for a pause to the Israel-Hamas war after members wrangled over wording while aid efforts in the Gaza Strip neared collapse.
A UN Security Council vote on a much-delayed resolution calling for a pause to the Israel-Hamas war was postponed again Wednesday as members wrangled over wording while the death toll in Gaza continued climbing.
By Becky Anderson, Michael Williams, Kevin Liptak and Jennifer Deaton, CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) — The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday delayed for the third time this week the vote on a resolution calling for a suspension in fighting and encouraging more humanitarian aid into the beleaguered…
The US has requested a delay in a UN Security Council session on Gaza aid deliveries to allow for talks with Egypt. Meanwhile, the Hamas government says the death toll in Gaza has reached 20,000. DW has more.
The vote was expected to take place by early Tuesday afternoon, but diplomats said it was pushed back until later in the day because the U.S. asked for more time.
The US is seeking to change the resolution's references to a cessation of hostilities in the Israel-Hamas war, and the part about putting the UN in charge of inspecting trucks to ensure they are actually carrying humanitarian goods, which Israel opposes.
The announcement came as diplomats negotiated with the U.S. on what it might allow to pass. The U.S. has been the only member of the Security Council to block demands for an immediate cease-fire.
The U.N. Security Council again Wednesday delayed the vote on a new U.N. resolution on desperately needed aid to Gaza for another day as the Biden administration struggles to change key wording in high-level negotiations seeking to avoid a U.S. veto.
The U.N. Security Council has again delayed a vote on a resolution concerning the war between Israel and Hamas to allow nations more time to come to an agreement on language calling for a stop in the fighting.
The U.N. Security Council has a long-delayed vote scheduled for Thursday on a new resolution about desperately needed aid to Gaza, where the Israel-Hamas war has created a dire humanitarian crisis.
The United Nations Security Council voted on Friday to approve a watered-down resolution that demands all sides in the Israel-Hamas conflict allow the "safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance at scale.
After nearly a week of intense negotiations, the United States said Thursday night that it was ready to support a United Nations Security Council resolution that would call for more desperately needed aid to enter the Gaza Strip. A vote was not expected until Friday at the earliest.
The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution Friday seeking "urgent steps" to expand aid in Gaza, but could not secure the unanimous support needed to call for an immediate cease-fire.
The United States now backs the resolution, but other countries support a stronger text that would include the now eliminated call for the urgent suspension of hostilities between Israel and Hamas.
The revised text was negotiated during a week and a half of high-level diplomacy by the United States, the United Arab Emirates on behalf of Arab nations and others.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council adopted a watered-down resolution Friday calling for immediate speeded-up aid deliveries to hungry and desperate civilians in
The U.N. Security Council passed a new resolution that calls for speeding up humanitarian aid deliveries into Gaza, but without the original call for an "urgent suspension of hostilities" between Israel and Hamas.
The UN Security Council on Thursday was locked in efforts to secure compromise to pass a resolution on the Israel-Hamas war after previous efforts to win Washington's backing fell short.After days of delays, the latest draft version seen by AFP calls for "urgent steps to immediately allow safe and u…
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