Today, the Security Council adopted a draft resolution on a ceasefire in Gaza, and Washington abstained from voting (French)
A Palestinian legal expert said that the UN Security Council’s decision on Monday to establish an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during the month of Ramadan is generally binding, but without executive measures.
Professor of Public Law at the Arab American University, Ahmed Al-Ashqar, told Anadolu Agency that Security Council resolutions in general are binding decisions, but this resolution does not have any executive formula, because it was issued based on Chapter Six of the United Nations Charter, and was not issued based on Chapter Seven, and it was not issued based on Chapter Six of the United Nations Charter. Reference is made to the issue of the threat to international peace and security.
Al-Ashqar explained that the resolution did not stipulate a mandatory order, but rather urged a ceasefire within a period of time subject to Ramadan. However, he stressed that the importance of the resolution lies in the fact that it puts Israel in an “embarrassing position, and may lead to the imposition of sanctions on it by some countries.” "If you do not comply with it, but not sanctions by the Security Council or military measures."
The legal expert suggested that the decision was included in Chapter Six “at the request of an American so that a veto vote would not take place.” However, the decision is “important” and establishes a ceasefire, and it could have had an executive formula if it had been issued based on the chapter. Seventh, which leads to the use of force against a state that does not adhere to the requirements of the resolution, according to him.
After the United States abstained from voting, the UN Security Council adopted for the first time a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in #Gaza, while emphasizing the urgent need to increase aid.
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This evening, the Security Council adopted for the first time a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and the United States refrained from using its veto power this time, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled the visit of an Israeli delegation to the United States in protest against Washington’s abstention from voting.
While the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) welcomed the Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, and demanded pressure on the occupation to adhere to its implementation, Israeli officials, including Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz, stated that Israel will not stop the fire and will continue fighting “until all the detainees are returned and Hamas is destroyed.” ".
This comes as the occupation army continues its war on Gaza since the seventh of last October, leaving tens of thousands of martyrs, wounded and missing, amid a humanitarian situation described as catastrophic and a worsening famine looming over the besieged Strip.
Source: Anadolu Agency