Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:08am on 11 Dec 2023,Monday International
The 193-member United Nations General Assembly is expected to vote Tuesday on a resolution urging an immediate Gaza ceasefire, diplomats announced Sunday. This comes after the U.S. vetoed a similar UN Security Council measure Friday. The Assembly resolution would demand an immediate humanitarian truce in the Israel-Hamas conflict ravaging Gaza, echoing an October General Assembly text passed with 121 votes. The upcoming vote follows weeks of rising pressure for the UN to act and intervene on the crisis since the Security Council stall. But any Assembly action lacks the Security Council's legal enforceability and remains largely symbolic amid fraught Israel-Palestine politics. Still, the majority support for October's ceasefire call indicates likely Assembly approval again.
