UN Security Council adopts resolution on humanitarian aid to Gaza
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The UN Security Council adopts a resolution on immediate, unimpeded humanitarian assistance to Gaza with 13 votes in favor, with the United States and Russia abstaining. The resolution emphasizes the protection and delivery of aid to the Palestinian civilian population.
The UN Security Council has adopted resolution on the Gaza crisis with 13 votes in favor. The United States and Russia abstained. This is stated on the website of the organization, reports UNN.
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The resolution calls for the immediate, safe and unimpeded delivery of large-scale humanitarian assistance directly to the Palestinian civilian population throughout the Gaza Strip.
In the resolution, the Security Council reaffirmed the obligations of the parties to the conflict under international humanitarian law, especially with regard to the protection of civilians and civilian objects, the safety of of humanitarian personnel and the provision of humanitarian assistance.
The Council demanded that the parties to "allow, facilitate and enable" the immediate, safe and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian assistance on a large scale directly to the Palestinian civilian population to the Palestinian civilian population throughout the Gaza Strip.
They also called for "rapid" establishment of a UN mechanism to speed up the delivery of aid to Gaza through states that are not parties to the conflict in order to streamline the delivery of aid.
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