A resolution is an action-oriented document that is adopted by the UN Security Council, a body tasked with global peace and security. The council’s authority comes from the UN Charter, and its most powerful tool is the veto, which grants permanent member nations (the “P5”: the United States, China, France, Russia and the UK) the right to block any resolution on which they disagree.
Resolutions can take many forms, including declarations and press statements. The process of drafting and adopting a resolution takes time, particularly when it involves the complex issue of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. UN Watch monitors and opposes one-sided resolutions in the UN, and we have launched a campaign asking all member states to end their biased votes against Israel.
This resolution was a follow-up to Resolution 2712 of 15 November 2023, which demanded that “urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors” be established throughout Gaza in order to facilitate the delivery of essential goods and services. It also demanded the unconditional release of all hostages held in Gaza.
This resolution condemned Palestinian incitement to violence, but utterly ignored Hezbollah’s use of rockets and terror attacks against Israeli men, women and children and Lebanon’s ongoing defiance of Security Council Resolutions on dismantling Hezbollah. It is a prime example of how one-sided UN anti-Israel resolutions hurt peace prospects in the region. Resources devoted to these anti-Israel propaganda efforts divert attention and resources from the more pressing issues that require resolutions such as countering Iran’s nuclear ambitions, addressing Syria’s destabilising activities, tackling terrorism across the region and so on.