Bruno Rodríguez regretted that the new document does not call for the immediate cessation of hostilities in order to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the population of Gaza
The amended text ignored the original call for an urgent cessation of hostilities.
Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Foreign Minister of Cuba, described this Friday as regrettable that the resolution adopted in the United Nations (UN) Security Council on the situation in Palestine does not include a call for an immediate cessation of hostilities.
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However, the new document does not call for an immediate cessation of hostilities to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the population of Gaza.
“The Security Council adopts the second resolution on the situation in #Palestine after enormous efforts to avoid the US veto. “It is regrettable that this does not include a call for an immediate cessation of hostilities to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the population of Gaza.”
After intensive negotiations throughout the week, members of the top security body agreed to vote on the text of a resolution proposed by the United Arab Emirates that called for an urgent cessation of hostilities to allow safe and unhindered access and the delivery of aid for civilians in the Gaza Strip.
The United States, Israel's main ally, threatened to veto the resolution but ultimately decided to abstain after changes were made to the text regarding cessation of hostilities and aid monitoring that allowed its adoption.
So this Friday, the United Nations Security Council finally, and for the first time since the outbreak of the Middle East conflict, adopted a consensual resolution to increase humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and sought measures to create the necessary conditions for the end of the fighting.
The resolution calls for urgent measures to immediately enable safe, unhindered and expanded humanitarian access and to create the necessary conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities.
However, the amended text ignored the original call for an urgent cessation of hostilities to allow access to relief supplies.
Additionally, the resolution maintains Israel's control over aid shipments to Gaza and monitors limited shipments from Egypt through the Rafah and Kerem Shalom border crossings.
According to Gaza's Health Ministry, more than 20,000 Palestinians have been killed and 53,320 injured in Israeli strikes since October 7.
About 85 percent of the population (1.9 million people) have been displaced and live in a shrinking area.
International organizations have warned that the risk of famine increases with each passing day if the current situation of intense clashes and limited humanitarian access continues or worsens.
