KUALA LUMPUR: The United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) failure to pass a ceasefire resolution in the Palestine-Israel conflict is highly embarrassing, said Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (ABIM) president Muhammad Faisal Abdul Aziz.
He said according to the United Nations report, the failure is attributed to the fact that the proposal brought by Russia to establish a ceasefire resolution did not receive the support of at least nine UNSC member states.
In the vote, the proposal was only approved by four member states, namely Russia, China, Gabon and the UAE.
“The proposal was rejected by the United States and the United Kingdom, while nine UNSC member states decided to abstain, including Albania, Brazil, Ecuador, France, Ghana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland,” he said in a statement today.
He added the failure will also have an impact on global political stability because of the UN’s failure to play a meaningful role on the international political stage.
“ABIM stresses that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is escalating into its twentieth day, with the death toll among Gaza’s population exceeding 7,000 casualties, involving children, women, and the elderly.
“Therefore, ABIM emphasises that all parties should prioritise humanitarian values as a means to save the lives of civilians by rejecting the interests of any political bloc,” he said.
At the same time, in order to end this unrest, ABIM insists that all parties, especially the UNSC, should act immediately to stop Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories. – BERNAMA
