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US blocks UN Security Council resolution calling for Middle East ceasefire

By The South Asia Times

NEW YORK - The United Nations Security Council failed Wednesday to adopt a draft resolution calling for an immediate halt to military activities in the Middle East, after the United States voted against the measure.

The resolution, proposed by Russia, urged all parties involved in the escalating regional conflict to immediately cease hostilities and refrain from further military escalation. It also condemned attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure.

The draft received four votes in favor -- from Russia, China, Pakistan, and Somalia -- while the United States and Latvia voted against it. Nine other members abstained, preventing the measure from being adopted.

Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, expressed frustration over the outcome, saying many council members failed to show the “strength and wisdom” needed to pass the resolution aimed at halting the violence.

Earlier in the day, however, the council adopted a separate resolution addressing the current crisis, which erupted following joint United States and Israel military strikes on Iran beginning Feb. 28 and Tehran’s subsequent retaliatory attacks across the region.

The second resolution, introduced by Bahrain on behalf of the Gulf Cooperation Council, passed with 13 votes in favor and two abstentions. It condemned Iranian attacks against Gulf states and Jordan, demanded that Tehran halt its strikes, and described the actions as a breach of international law and a threat to international peace and security.

Iran strongly rejected the measure. Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, said the resolution unfairly targeted Tehran while ignoring what he described as the initial act of aggression.

“This resolution is a manifest injustice against my country, the main victim of a clear act of aggression,” Iravani told the council, arguing that the measure violated the United Nations Charter and international law.

The diplomatic divisions at the Security Council reflect broader global disagreements over how to respond to the rapidly escalating conflict in the Middle East.

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