The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 11 members in favor, three against and one abstention.
UNITED NATIONS — Russia and China on Friday vetoed a U.S.-sponsored U.N. resolution calling for “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in theBefore the vote, Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said Moscow supports an immediate cease-fire, but he questioned the language in the resolution and accused U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield of “misleading the international community” for “politicized” reasons.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks from an aircraft upon his arrival in Tel Aviv from Cairo, as the push for a ceasefire between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel continues on March 22, 2024. Nate Evans, the spokesperson for the U.S.
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