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India Abstains From UN Vote Calling For Truce In Israel Without Mentioning Hamas

India On Friday Abstained From Voting On A Resolution In The United Nations That Called For An Immediate Humanitarian Truce In The Ongoing Israel-Hamas Conflict. The Resolution Drafted By Jordan...

India On Friday Abstained From Voting On A Resolution In The United Nations That Called For An Immediate Humanitarian Truce In The Ongoing Israel-Hamas Conflict. The Resolution Drafted By Jordan Also Called For Unhindered Humanitarian Access In The Gaza Strip But Had No Mention Of Hamas.

India Abstains From UN Vote Calling For Truce In Israel Without Mentioning Hamas

Why In The News?

  • India On Friday Abstained From Voting On A Resolution In The United Nations That Called For An Immediate Humanitarian Truce In The Ongoing Israel-Hamas Conflict. The Resolution Drafted By Jordan Also Called For Unhindered Humanitarian Access In The Gaza Strip But Had No Mention Of Hamas.
  • Canada Proposed An Amendment That A Paragraph Condemning The ‘Terrorist Attacks By Hamas’ Be Inserted. India Voted In Favour Of Canada’s Proposed Amendment Along With 87 Other Nations. But It Could Not Be Adopted As It Did Not Have A Two-third Majority.
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What Do We Know?

  • The Jordan-Drafted Resolution Titled ‘Protection Of Civilians And Upholding Legal And Humanitarian Obligations’ Was Adopted With 120 Nations Voting In Its Favour, 14 Against It And 45 Abstaining. India, Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Ukraine And The UK Abstained From Voting.
  • Two Key Words Hamas And Hostage Were Missing From The Resolution, US Ambassador To The UN Linda Thomas-greenfield Said Before The Voting, Opposing It.
  • The Resolution Referred To Israel As “The Occupying Power”. The Resolution Called For The Rescinding Of The Order By Israel, “The Occupying Power”, For Palestinian Civilians, UN Staff And Humanitarian Workers To Evacuate All Areas In The Gaza Strip North Of Wadi Gaza And Relocate To The South.
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