UNITED NATIONS: The United States on Wednesday vetoed a Security Council resolution that would have called for humanitarian pauses in Gaza.
The Brazilian-drafted resolution won the support of 12 of the 15 members of the Security Council. The United States, which has veto power, was the only council member that voted against it.
Britain and Russia abstained.
Before voting on the Brazilian draft, the Security Council voted separately on two amendments to the Brazilian draft submitted by Russia.
The Russian amendments – on a call for an end to indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian subjects, and a call for a durable humanitarian cease-fire, instead of humanitarian pauses contained in the Brazilian text – were unable to pass as there was not enough support by council members.
The United States was the only council member that voted against the Russian amendments.
Wednesday’s failure by the Security Council was the second in a row to adopt a resolution on Gaza.
The Security Council on Monday failed to adopt a Russian-drafted resolution that would have called for a humanitarian cease-fire. The draft resolution failed to win enough votes in favor for adoption.
