PNN – John Kirby, the strategic communications coordinator of the White House Security Council, announced at the same time as the consultations regarding the draft resolution to establish an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, that his country is cooperating with the United Nations regarding this resolution.
According to Pakistan News Network, John Kirby, the strategic communications coordinator of the White House Security Council, told reporters that the United States of America is “actively cooperating with the United Nations on the draft cease-fire resolution.”
Joe Biden’s government spokesman added: “We are working with our partners on the text of the draft resolution.” We are very serious about trying to return to a new break in Gaza and negotiations have been held in this regard.
Kirby, meanwhile, said the United States would not dictate the “terms and timetable” for the Israeli regime’s attacks on Gaza.
US President Joe Biden’s administration has continued to resist calls to support a ceasefire in Gaza. However, US officials claim that Israel must reduce casualties in its attacks.
The spokesman for the White House National Security Council again told reporters that the United States wants Israel to move toward less intense operations.
However, he said the US would not dictate “terms and timelines” to Israeli officials, and that it would be Israeli officials who would make the decisions.
Kirby claimed: We are concerned about the humanitarian situation in Gaza and we agree that there is great suffering, especially with the arrival of winter, and we lead the world to relieve the pain and suffering of Gaza, and we do not want any more civilians to be harmed.
The United States claims that the proposed monitoring mechanism established by the United Nations for aid sent to the Gaza Strip could create difficulties in sending vital aid.
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“The purpose of this resolution is to facilitate and help expand humanitarian aid to Gaza, and we cannot ignore this goal,” said Nate Evans, the spokesman for the US mission to the United Nations.
In a statement, the spokesperson of the US delegation to the United Nations claimed: There are still serious and widespread concerns that the resolution could slow the delivery of humanitarian aid by creating an unenforceable monitoring mechanism. We must ensure that any resolution leads to help and does not harm the status quo.
This statement is made while the UN Security Council has postponed the vote on this resolution three times due to the continuation of negotiations. The time of today’s possible voting on the resolution has not yet been announced.
At the same time, a diplomatic source told reporter: Key issues of the draft that remain in the negotiations include the tone and wording of “cessation of hostilities” and a request to the United Nations to “establish a monitoring mechanism in the Gaza Strip with the necessary personnel and equipment, under the authority of the United Nations Secretary-General.”
On the other hand, US President Joe Biden told reporters: “We are negotiating at the United Nations about the framework of a resolution that we might be able to agree to.”
The United States of America (December 8, 2023), as a permanent member of the Security Council, vetoed the resolution proposed by the United Arab Emirates, which was based on the request of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, to establish a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, despite obtaining 13 votes in favor in this council.
Earlier, diplomatic sources told reporter at the United Nations: The conflict over the clauses of this resolution continues so that the text of this resolution is such that the United States of America does not vote against it and does not veto it.
On the 7th of October 2023, the Palestinian resistance groups launched the “Al-Aqsa Storm” operation from Gaza against the positions of the Israeli regime, and finally, after 45 days of fighting and fighting, on the 3rd of December 1402 equal to the 24th of November 2023, between Israel and Hamas, a four-day temporary ceasefire or pause was established for the exchange of prisoners between Hamas and Israel.
This pause in the war continued for 7 days and finally, on the morning of December 1, 2023, the temporary ceasefire ended and the Israeli regime resumed attacks against Gaza. In order to retaliate for the surprise attacks of the “Al-Aqsa storm” and to compensate for its failure and stop the resistance operations, this regime has closed all the crossings of the Gaza Strip and is bombarding this area.
The Ministry of Health of Palestine has announced that the number of martyrs of the attacks of the Israeli regime army (October 7) on the Gaza Strip has reached 19 thousand 667 people and the number of wounded has also increased to 52 thousand 586 people.