With the support of 13 countries and the abstentions of Russia and China, the UN Security Council endorsed Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza.
MADRID, November 17 (EUROPA PRESS).- The Security Council of the United Nations Organization (HIM) approved this Monday by 13 votes in favor, two abstentions – Russia and China – and no votes against a resolution that includes the peace plan to Gaza of the American president, Donald Trumpincluding the deployment of a international force of peace.
The “historic” resolution constitutes a “bold and pragmatic” guide, highlighted the representative of the United States to the UN, Mike Waltz, when defending the initiative at the meeting held this Monday at the organization’s headquarters in New York.
Trump’s 20-point Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict includes the creation of a Peace Board that will be Chaired by Trump himself and will have the final say on matters relating to the Government of the Gaza Strip.
With 13 votes in favor and the abstentions of Russia and China, the UN Security Council gives the green light to the US president’s plan for Gaza, which includes a transitional government and the deployment of an international force. pic.twitter.com/NnYrIrfWgg
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It also foresees the creation of an International Stabilization Force of 20,000 troops that will allow progress towards the next phases of the peace plan, which ultimately contemplates the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the possible creation of a Palestinian state.
Guterres calls for “concrete and urgent measures” in Gaza
The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, asked this Monday to “translate the diplomatic impulse into concrete and urgent measures on the ground”, after the Security Council adopted the resolution promoted by the United States on the future of the Gaza Strip.
“It is now essential to translate the diplomatic momentum into concrete and urgent measures on the ground. The United Nations is committed to carrying out the functions entrusted to it in the resolution, expanding humanitarian assistance to meet the needs of the civilian population in Gaza and supporting all efforts for the parties to advance towards the next phase of the ceasefire,” said its spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric.
The representative of the multilateral organization valued the resolution, which has had the support of thirteen of the fifteen members of the Security Council and two abstentions, as “an important step in the consolidation of the ceasefire”, for which he has “encouraged all parties to respect it.
The Portuguese took the opportunity to praise the “continuous” diplomatic efforts undertaken by the mediators in the conflict Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, the United States, as well as regional countries, although he noted the “importance of advancing” the plan proposed by Washington so that it results in a “political process to achieve the two-state solution”, in line with resolutions previously approved by the United Nations.