UNSC endorses ceasefire resolution to end Gaza war
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UNSC endorses ceasefire resolution to end Gaza war
Sub: IR
Sec: Int Org
Context:
- The UN Security Council overwhelmingly approved its first resolution endorsing a ceasefire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza Strip.
Details:
- The U.S.-sponsored resolution welcomes a ceasefire proposal announced by President Joe Biden that the United States says Israel has accepted.
- It calls on the militant Palestinian group Hamas to accept the three-phase plan.
- The resolution — which was approved with 14 of the 15 Security Council members voting in favour and Russia abstaining — calls on Israel and Hamas “to fully implement its terms without delay and without condition.”
What is the UNSC Gaza ceasefire resolution?
- It divides the ceasefire into three phases:
Phase one entails six weeks of negotiations and the release of Israeli captives held in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
- “An immediate, full and complete ceasefire” would come into force during this phase.
- Additionally, Palestinian civilians would be able to return to their homes across Gaza, including the north. This phase would also focus on humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians in need.
- Moreover, Israeli forces would withdraw from the “populated areas” of Gaza.
- If the negotiations exceed the six-week period, the ceasefire would continue.
Phase two calls for a permanent end to hostilities, the release of any remaining captives and a “full withdrawal” of Israeli forces from Gaza.
Phase three would involve the reconstruction of Gaza over multiple years and the return of the remains of any deceased captives still in Gaza.
- The resolution rejects any demographic or territorial change in Gaza, “including any actions that reduce the territory” of Palestine.
- A previous draft of the revolution specified that this included “buffer zones” in Gaza, but the language was amended.
- Palestinians and activists have expressed fears that Israel is planning to expel Palestinians from Gaza, similar to what happened during the Nakba in the late 1940s during the creation of Israel.
For details of Israel- Hamas war
Source: TH