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US ambassador to the UN on stalled UN security council resolution: 'We're not there yet'
The UN security council resolution on Gaza’s aid delivery remains stalled, Agence France-Presse reports.
The draft resolution, which is sponsored by the UAE, has already been watered down to secure compromise, according to AFP, which reviewed the draft version.
It reports that the resolution calls for the “the urgent suspension of hostilities to allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access, and for urgent steps towards a sustainable cessation of hostilities”.
However, the US’s deputy ambassador to the UN, Robert Wood, said on Thursday that the US was still not satisfied with the latest draft.
Speaking to reporters, Wood said: “We are still working it, still hoping to get to … be able to support it – we’re not there yet.”
Meanwhile, the UAE’s ambassador to the UN, Lana Nusseibeh, said that “the gap is narrowing” as she headed into a closed-door meeting, AFP reports.
According to a diplomatic source, the latest delay on the UN security council vote was at the request of the US, a staunch ally of Israel, AFP reports.
AFP also reports that the draft resolution calls for all sides to enable unhindered deliveries of aid by land, sea and air, as well as the establishment of a monitoring mechanism to be overseen “exclusively” by the UN.
Speaking to AFP, diplomatic sources say that negotiations are now focused on the mechanism as Israel insists it maintains full control of supplies entering Gaza.
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