Guyana abstains on US-led resolution on Gaza ceasefire at UN Security Council

Guyana abstained on a US-led resolution that called for “the imperative of an immediate and sustained ceasefire.” Its representative at the UN contended that the resolution does not unequivocally call for a ceasefire, and condemned the text of the resolution for its lack of “attribution or demands to the Israeli authorities for what is taking place in Gaza.”

“The demand for a ceasefire should not be linked to or conditioned on the release of hostages,” said Guyana’s UN ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett. “Two wrongs cannot make a right. And the Palestinian people should not be collectively punished and themselves held hostage for the crime of others.”

She added: “How can we endorse the idea of, and I quote, ‘ongoing and future operations’ in Gaza as long as measures are taken to and I quote again ‘reduce significantly civilian harm’?

The proposed resolution put forth by Washington is different from previous draft resolutions which demanded an unconditional ceasefire and which were vetoed by the US.

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