{"id":18037,"date":"2024-04-05T01:19:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T01:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18037"},"modified":"2024-04-05T01:19:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T01:19:59","slug":"guyana-abstains-from-us-led-gaza-resolution-at-un-security-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-abstains-from-us-led-gaza-resolution-at-un-security-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Abstains from US-Led Gaza Resolution at UN Security Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Samuel Sukhnandan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent session of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) addressing the Gaza crisis, Guyana chose to abstain from voting on a resolution led by the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The resolution aimed to address the ongoing situation in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the session, Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Guyana&#8217;s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, provided a detailed explanation for the country&#8217;s decision to abstain from the vote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She expressed that while Guyana appreciated the U.S. initiative to draft the resolution, certain concerns remained regarding its content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambassador Rodrigues-Birkett clarified that despite some misconceptions, the resolution did not call for an immediate ceasefire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She highlighted the devastating toll of the conflict, citing significant casualties and extensive damage to infrastructure in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the Ambassador emphasized that the resolution did not adequately address the actions of all parties involved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Hamas was condemned for specific attacks, there was no equivalent attribution or demand made to Israeli authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambassador Rodrigues-Birkett underscored the UNSC&#8217;s responsibility to mitigate civilian harm in conflict zones and expressed concerns about the potential implications of endorsing the resolution without ensuring comprehensive accountability for all parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite abstaining from the vote, Guyana remains committed to collaborating with other council members to pursue a resolution that addresses the legitimate needs and aspirations of all affected parties, including advancing the two-state solution for lasting peace in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Sukhnandan In a recent session of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) addressing the Gaza crisis, Guyana chose to abstain from voting on a resolution led by the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18039,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18037\/revisions\/18039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}