Rabat – Turkish President Recep Teyyep Erdogan has called for reforming the UN Security Council in the wake of another failure to pass a resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza.
“The United Nations Security Council demand for ceasefire is rejected only by U.S. veto,” Reuters reported the Turkish leader as saying during a human rights conference in Istanbul. “Is this justice?” he asked, stressing that “the U.N. Security Council needs to be reformed.”
The Security Council failed on Friday to adopt a resolution calling for a much-needed ceasefire in Gaza, after the US used its veto powers once again to stop the proposal.
“While the US strongly supports a durable peace in which both Israel and Palestine can live in peace and security, we do not support calls for an immediate ceasefire,” Robert Wood, deputy US ambassador to the UN, said. “This would only plant the seeds for the next war, because Hamas has no desire to see a durable peace, to see a two-state solution.”
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Besides the US, thirteen members voted for the resolution, while the UK abstained from the vote.
Erdogan has been one of the most prominent voices calling for an end to the Israeli hostilities in Gaza and the West Bank.
On Wednesday, he rejected a plan to establish a “buffer zone” in Gaza after the fighting is over, and said that Western powers’ support for Israel is a key reason for the region being in its current state.
As of Saturday, Israel’s strikes on Gaza have killed over 17,000 civilians, including more than 7,700 children. In addition, more than 46,000 have been injured, with nearly 8,000 missing.
