Frustration as UNSC convenes for urgent meeting over Gaza
Twenty-four is the number of times the UN Security Council has met since October 7 for emergency meetings, dealing with Gaza. That’s a lot. As you can tell from the briefings … we are in a place that’s getting worse, not better in Gaza.
The UNSC has passed four resolutions, primarily 2735, which was passed in June and calls for a ceasefire … that has been ignored and not implemented.
Algeria asks UN Security Council to ‘act firmly’ in support of the Palestinians
Algeria’s representative at the United Nations, Amar Bendjama, has been addressing the UN Security Council’s urgent meeting over Israel’s August 10 attack on the al-Tabin School in Gaza City, which killed more than 100 Palestinians.
“This is not how the council should address the Palestinians’ plea… [and] quest for justice,” Bendjama said. “Our council has the legal and moral, [and] primary responsibility to act firmly to shoulder its mandate in preserving international peace and security.”
Bendjama called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and expressed Algeria’s support of mediation efforts led by Qatar, Egypt and the US. "There is no room for delaying or overcomplicating negotiations by adding new conditionalities or new demands,” he said.
Algeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amar Bendjama
Palestine’s UN envoy: Israel is a ‘rogue state’
Palestine’s UN envoy Riyad Mansour has been addressing the UN Security Council’s urgent meeting over Israel’s August 10 attack on the al-Tabin School in Gaza City, which killed more than 100 Palestinians.
“Israel does not care about your condemnations, it dismisses your resolutions, it does not even listen to your debates,” Mansour told the UNSC.
“As countries, as a Security Council, you had a responsibility to act months ago to stop this impunity. As the genocide continues, you have a responsibility to react, to save human lives and preserve the foundation for peace and security,” Mansour said.
“Israel is a rogue state, with a rotten government” due to the impunity it has enjoyed so far, he added.
