Why is the UN support resolution for Palestine important?
On Friday evening, the UN General Assembly approved a draft resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and an end to hostilities in Gaza. The resolution mentioned above in support of Palestine was approved with a decisive vote of 120 in favor, 14 against, and 45 abstentions. Although this resolution is non-binding, the recent action is important and can be evaluated from several aspects.
The United Nations has two pillars, the General Assembly and the Security Council. The Security Council can issue coercive action orders and even its resolutions are binding at the international level. Still, the duties and powers granted by the Charter to the General Assembly are subject to discussion and review. , the initiation of research and the presentation of recommendations are not limited, and [its resolutions] are not merely encouraging. In the past, for example, when the Security Council was deadlocked by the threat of a veto by the former Soviet Union over Korea, the General Assembly authorized “executive actions” such as forming a “coalition of the willing” in 1950.
Or in 1973, the General Assembly adopted Resolution 3151, declaring that the South African apartheid regime did not have the right to represent the people of South Africa and that the liberation movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity as “true representatives of the overwhelming majority” People of South Africa” recognized.
The General Assembly can use the capacity of its so-called “non-binding” recommendations to mobilize the international community to set deadlines, divest from Israel, implement arms embargoes, end cooperation in the field of sports, exclude Israel from global or collective meetings. Use similar measures if this genocidal campaign continues.
This proposed resolution, which was made by Jordan on behalf of the Arab countries under the title “Protection of civilians and adherence to legal and humanitarian obligations”, can have psychological, political, diplomatic, and propaganda effects against Israel, and in fact, this is the message of this meeting. that the nations of the world have put pressure on their governments to defend the innocent people of Gaza so that a country like France, which has always been prominent as a supporter of the Zionist regime in the international arena, votes in favor of this resolution.
But the point that should be pointed out is that we should not expect a proposed resolution to be a basis for stopping the Zionist regime’s attacks on Gaza, and it is more important than the aspect of propaganda and pressure against Israel. The proof of this claim is that immediately hours after this meeting, the Zionist regime’s fighters launched ground operations with non-stop attacks on various areas of the Gaza Strip, which was accompanied by the resistance of the resistance fighters.