China has appealed to the UN Security Council not to forget about Israel’s war on Gaza as the group adopted a resolution calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Sudan during the month of Ramadan.
“While adopting a resolution on a ceasefire during the month of Ramadan in Sudan, the Security Council must not forget that the people of Gaza are still suffering under bombardment,” China’s deputy UN ambassador, Dai Bing, told the council.
“The international community must push for immediate ceasefire.”
Russia’s deputy UN ambassador, Anna Evstigneeva, meanwhile accused the US of “double standards” by “dragging out the adoption of a document on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip”.
“The USA time and again uses it to veto, plays for time and demands that we wait for some results from its direct diplomacy on the ground. Nothing of the sort is proposed for Sudan,” she told the council before the vote.
Russia abstained from the vote, while the remaining 14 council members voted in favor of the British-drafted resolution.
War erupted in Sudan on April 15, 2023, between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The UN says nearly 25 million people – half Sudan’s population – need aid, some eight million have fled their homes and hunger is rising.
Source: Al Jazeera
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