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US Vetoes UN Security Council Demand For A Ceasefire In Gaza
Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-11th-december-2023
- Reuters: US blocks UN Security Council demand for humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza
- GOV.UK: We call for further and longer pauses to get aid to Palestinians: UK statement at the UN Security Council
“Calling for a ceasefire ignores the fact that Hamas has committed acts of terror and is still holding civilians hostage.”
- António Guterres (on X): 
“This week, I urged the Security Council to press to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza & I reiterated my appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire. Regrettably, the Security Council failed to do it.”
- Al Jazeera: Calls to reform UN Security Council after US vetoes Gaza ceasefire
- GOV.UK: Explanation of vote on draft Syria resolution vetoed by Russia and China 
- The Economic Times (YouTube): China, Russia condemn US Veto on Gaza ceasefire, say Washington complicit in merciless bloodbath
- Al Jazeera: How the US has used its veto power at the UN in support of Israel