UNSC adopts resolution demanding immediate, safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid at scale directly to Palestinians in Gaza

CAIRO – 23 December 2023: The UN Security Council adopted a resolution demanding immediate, safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance at scale directly to the Palestinian civilian population throughout the Gaza Strip.

The UNSC resolution on Gaza was adopted with 13 votes in favor, and the US and Russia abstaining.

Egypt's representative to the Security Council, Ambassador Osama Abdel Khaleq said that what is happening in Gaza is a horrific humanitarian catastrophe

He added that although Egypt has been sharing food, medicine and clothing with the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war, the sector is suffering from a horrific humanitarian crisis that has not occurred since the World War.

In his speech. Palestine’s representative to the Security Council, Riyad Mansou that the Arab group worked for humanitarian goals in Gaza and we trust Egypt’s capabilities to bring aid into Gaza. He added that Egypt took a leadership role in the negotiations regarding Gaza.

The Brazilian representative to the Security Council said that his country appreciates the Egyptian efforts to facilitate the use of the Rafah crossing to deliver humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.

 “We believe the resolution begins to unblock live saving aid whose denial has condemned half a million people in Gaza to famine,” said Ambassador Nusseibeh of UAE.

She added: that the text “compels” the international community to finally share the burden that Egypt has been shouldering.

Israel has killed 20,057 Palestinians, including 8,000 children, and injured 53,320 others since the start of the aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7, according the Health Ministry in Gaza.  It added that the Israeli occupation killed 390 martyrs and injured 734 others in the Gaza Strip during the past 48 hours.