INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
vote of 120-14 with 45 abstentions after rejecting a Canadian amendment backed by the United States
It would have unequivocally condemned the Oct
resolution.Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N
Security Council, which failed in four attempts during the past two weeks to reach agreement on a resolution
terror capabilities are destroyed and our hostages are returned
General Assembly, where there are no vetoes, to press for a U.N
response, and United Arab Emirates Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh, the Arab representative on the Security Council, expressed delight at the
that voted against the resolution include Israel and its closest ally, the United States, five Pacific island nations and just four European
food, water, medicine and fuel to the 2.3 million people in Gaza.Unlike Security Council resolutions, General Assembly resolutions are not
council resolution.-The votes came part way through a list of 113 speakers at an emergency special session of the General Assembly on
Ambassador Robert Rae countered that the resolution appears to forget that the events of Oct
two-thirds majority of all those voting
parties immediately comply with their obligations under international humanitarian and human rights law requiring protection of civilians
and the schools, hospitals and other infrastructure critical for their survival.The resolution demands that essential supplies be allowed
into the Gaza Strip and humanitarian workers have sustained access
