Security Council Adopts Resolution on Situation in Gaza 
12/22/2023 1:39:33 PM 
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Security Council Adopts Resolution on Situation in Gaza 
12/22/2023 1:24:01 PM 
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Security Council Adopts Resolution on Situation in Gaza 
12/22/2023 12:08:23 PM 
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Security Council Adopts Resolution on Situation in Gaza 
12/22/2023 12:08:02 PM 
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Security Council Adopts Resolution on Situation in Gaza 
12/22/2023 12:07:44 PM 
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Security Council Adopts Resolution on Situation in Gaza 
12/22/2023 1:05:44 PM 
Unique ID UN71019656 
Security Council Adopts Resolution on Situation in Gaza 
12/22/2023 12:08:10 PM 
Unique ID UN71019606 
Security Council Adopts Resolution on Situation in Gaza 
12/22/2023 12:07:35 PM 
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Security Council Adopts Resolution on Situation in Gaza 
12/22/2023 1:40:59 PM 
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Security Council Adopts Resolution on Situation in Gaza 
12/22/2023 1:02:11 PM 
Unique ID UN71019657 
Security Council Meets on Situation in Middle East, Including Palestinian Question 
12/22/2023 11:51:58 AM 
Unique ID UN71019604 
Permanent Representative of United Arab Emirates Briefs Press After Security Council Adopts Resolution on Situation in Gaza 
12/22/2023 1:58:23 PM 
Unique ID UN71019680 
Security Council Adopts Resolution Calling for Urgent Humanitarian Pauses and Corridors Throughout Gaza Strip 
11/15/2023 5:50:00 PM 
Unique ID UN71011371 
Security Council Adopts Resolution Calling for Urgent Humanitarian Pauses and Corridors Throughout Gaza Strip 
11/15/2023 4:40:53 PM 
Unique ID UN71011335 
Security Council Adopts Resolution Calling for Urgent Humanitarian Pauses and Corridors Throughout Gaza Strip 
11/15/2023 4:41:08 PM 
Unique ID UN71011336 
Security Council Adopts Resolution Calling for Urgent Humanitarian Pauses and Corridors Throughout Gaza Strip 
11/15/2023 4:41:09 PM 
Unique ID UN71011337 
Security Council Adopts Resolution Calling for Urgent Humanitarian Pauses and Corridors Throughout Gaza Strip 
11/15/2023 5:40:41 PM 
Unique ID UN71011362 
Security Council Fails to Adopt Amendment to Resolution 
11/15/2023 4:29:39 PM 
Unique ID UN71011331 
Security Council Fails to Adopt Amendment to Resolution 
11/15/2023 4:29:52 PM 
Unique ID UN71011332 
Security Council Fails to Adopt Amendment to Resolution 
11/15/2023 4:29:54 PM 
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Headline Security Council Adopts Resolution on Situation in Gaza 
Caption Description Lana Zaki Nusseibeh (centre at table), Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

The Security Council adopted Resolution 2720 (2023) on the situation in Gaza. The resolution reiterates its demand that all parties to the conflict comply with their obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law, including with regard to the conduct of hostilities and the protection of civilians; Reaffirms the obligations of the parties to the conflict under international humanitarian law regarding the provision of humanitarian assistance, demands that they allow, facilitate and enable the immediate, safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance at scale directly to the Palestinian civilian population throughout the Gaza Strip, and in this regard calls for urgent steps to immediately allow safe, unhindered, and expanded humanitarian access and to create the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities; Demands that the parties to the conflict allow and facilitate the use of all available routes to and throughout the entire Gaza Strip, including border crossings; Requests the Secretary-General, with the objective of expediting the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the civilian population in the Gaza Strip, to appoint a Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator with responsibility for facilitating and verifying in Gaza the humanitarian nature of all humanitarian relief consignments to Gaza provided through states which are not party to the conflict. The resolution was adopted with 13 votes in favour and 2 abstentions (United States and Russian Federation). 
Unique Identifier UN71019655 
Production Date 12/22/2023 12:57:19 PM 
City/Location New York
Country United States of America
Credit UN Photo/Loey Felipe

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