UN Security Council vote on Gaza postponed for 2nd time

Members to vote Wednesday on draft resolution calling for urgent suspension of hostilities in Gaza to allow unhindered access to deliver humanitarian aid

By Serife Cetin

NEW YORK (AA) - Voting on a UN Security Council draft resolution that seeks the suspension of hostilities in Gaza in order to deliver aid was postponed on Tuesday for the second time in a row.

The US is not yet convinced on the draft resolution, which had been scheduled to be voted on late in the day, according to information obtained by Anadolu from UN sources.

The members of the Security Council will vote on the draft resolution on Wednesday.

The text, which was drafted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), called for the urgent suspension of hostilities to allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access and for urgent steps towards a sustainable cessation of hostilities.

Reaffirming that all parties to conflicts must adhere to their obligations under international law, it also requested that a UN monitoring mechanism be deployed expeditiously.

*Writing by Diyar Guldogan from Washington

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