CNN —The United States has vetoed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council which called for a humanitarian pause in besieged Gaza – sparking more criticism of political paralysis in the powerful global body.
The international community should engineer “humanitarian pauses” in the fighting to allow for aid delivery, it said.
In New York, several members of the Security Council expressed disappointment and frustration over the failure of a joint statement on the importance of aid and civilian protection.
The Security Council “missed an opportunity,” French representative Nicolas de Rivière told press after the vote.
Russia last week proposed another resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza that also failed to pass.
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