The UN Security Council intends to vote on a draft resolution calling for the establishment of a "humanitarian truce" for 90 days in all armed conflicts around the world, to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to those who need it most in light of the outbreak of the emerging Corona Virus pandemic, according to a draft seen by Agence France-Presse. »The day before yesterday.
The French-Tunisian draft resolution stipulated in its first draft, which these countries put forth last week, to stop the fighting for only 30 days, and to "a comprehensive and immediate cessation of hostilities in all countries on the agenda of the Security Council," and to strengthen international cooperation in combating the pandemic.
However, the new draft of the draft resolution, which was reformulated last Monday, states that “the Security Council calls on all parties to armed conflicts to immediately engage in a humanitarian truce for at least 90 consecutive days, to allow the safe, continuous and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian assistance and the provision of services Relevant by neutral humanitarian actors.
The council did not specify a date for putting the draft resolution to a vote.
On March 23, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched a call for an immediate and global ceasefire, aimed at strengthening ways to combat the pandemic, and he asked the Security Council at the time to support his appeal.
The Security Council has not set a date for the draft resolution to be put to the vote.