VETO POWER
U.S. vetoes Security Council resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Middle East
The resolution didn’t tie a ceasefire to the release of hostages
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield delivers remarks on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, United States on January 30, 2024.
The U.S. vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Wednesday that called for an “immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire” in the Middle East because it did not tie the demand for a ceasefire to the release of the...