USA On Friday, a resolution will be put to a vote at the United Nations (UN) that for the first time will specifically propose an “immediate ceasefire” in A loopafter he opposed three resolutions from other countries that demanded it.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced hours ago in Cairo that the resolution had been presented to the Council and finally the text will be put to a vote of fifteen Council members on the morning of Friday, March 22.

Blinken made it clear that The ceasefire will be “linked to the release of the hostages” in the hands of Hamas, although this release is no longer a precondition, as it appeared in the first versions of the text distributed by American diplomats.

The US had to submit six different versions over the course of more than a month to arrive at what appears to be a consensus text, but it remains to be seen whether receives support from nine countries and is not banned by any permanent member country (in this case, Russia or China), two necessary conditions for the approval of any resolution.

The key paragraph of the Washington Resolution states that “an immediate ceasefire is a must and is supported to protect civilians on both sides, ensure the delivery of necessary humanitarian assistance, alleviate human suffering (…) and support diplomatic efforts to secure such a ceasefire in connection with the release of all hostages.”

The publication last Monday of a UN report in which it warned that Gaza’s 1.1 million residents would face… the most severe level of hunger and food insecurity appears to have accelerated U.S. diplomatic efforts.

The French Ambassador to the UN, Nicolas de Riviere, left that same Monday to call for urgent Council action to stop the war “Now, not next week,” he said figuratively.

Vocabulary question

In previous resolutions vetoed by the USUS diplomacy criticized several details: that it did not recognize Israel’s right to self-defense, that it did not condemn Hamas as a “terrorist” and that if a ceasefire was declared it would allow Hamas to be rearmed.

Therefore, in this resolution that Washington is now pushing, the same ideas appear in some way, but in a more muted tone, in order to gain the support of member countries such as Russia, China or Algeriawho have in the past sharply criticized the American position of unwavering support for Israel, which vehemently opposes the ceasefire.

This is true in the new resolution ago precise references to the protection of civiliansaccess to humanitarian aid, opposition to changing the map of Gaza with “security corridors” and rejection of the forced displacement of civilians are arguments that can receive unanimous support from all countries.

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However, it also contains phrases on which consensus is more difficult to reach, such as asking member states to “intensify their efforts to stop terrorist financingincluding restrictions on Hamas funding.”

In any case, calls for a ceasefire are already heard from all UN agencies, from Muslim, African and Asian countries, and now from much of the Western world, including countries that had a more pro-Israel stance in the early weeks of the war, such as France and Britain. (EFE)