USA vetoed UNSC resolution and gave Israel permission to kill — Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs – World

DUBAI, 21 November. /TASS/. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said that the United States essentially allowed Israel to continue massacring civilians in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon by using its veto power when voting on the ceasefire resolution in the UN Security Council.

“This shameful veto not only marks yet another failure by the UN Security Council to fulfill its Charter-based mandate, but also represents a US license for the occupying regime to continue the carnage in Gaza and Lebanon with impunity.” also serves. <...> “This requires the international responsibility of the United States for its complicity in atrocity crimes,” the diplomat wrote on social network X.

According to Baghaei, this is another example of the UN Security Council failing to fulfill its duties. “Despite overwhelming global support for the #Gaza ceasefire and the support of 14 #UNSC members for the #Gaza ceasefire, the outgoing Democratic US administration vetoed the draft resolution, revealing its complete disdain for innocent lives and regional peace,” the Iranian diplomat said. he said.

On Wednesday, the United States used its veto power in the UN Security Council to block a draft resolution on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict prepared by the ten non-permanent members of the Security Council, demanding an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. . 14 of 15 Security Council members voted for the document. This is the fifth time the US has blocked a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza since tensions began in October last year. The United States also opposed Palestine’s full membership in the UN.

The situation in the Middle East escalated dramatically on October 7, 2023, when armed Hamas supporters in the Gaza Strip entered Israeli territory, killing residents of border settlements and capturing more than 240 hostages. In retaliation, Israel launched a military operation in the region with the aim of destroying Hamas’ military and political structures and rescuing all hostages. Conflicts in the Gaza Strip continue today.