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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
UN, October 2 (Xinhua) — China expressed deep disappointment and regret over Washington's earlier veto of a UN Security Council resolution aimed at alleviating the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, China's Permanent Representative to the UN, Fu Cong, said on Wednesday.
According to him, the international community has long been persistently calling for a ceasefire and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which have resulted in horrific civilian casualties and a humanitarian catastrophe that undermines the foundations of human conscience and the international legal order.
"The Security Council has repeatedly tried to take action, but the United States has blocked them time and again," the diplomat said, referring to Washington's veto of the September 18 draft resolution. According to the document, Israel would have immediately lifted all restrictions on humanitarian access and the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
"If it weren't for the repeated abuse of the US veto, the UN Security Council's response to the Gaza crisis would not have been so inadequate. If the US hadn't defended Israel, UN Security Council resolutions and international law would not have been so flagrantly violated," Fu Cong said.
The Permanent Representative reiterated the unacceptability of the weaponization of humanitarian aid, the militarization of aid distribution mechanisms, and attacks on civilians and humanitarian workers seeking assistance. "China urges Israel to immediately cease all military operations in Gaza and immediately end its dangerous plan to seize Gaza City," he noted.
Fu Cong also stressed that the two-state solution remains the only viable way to resolve the Palestinian issue, and called on the international community to unite more efforts and take concrete and irreversible actions to implement this solution, while firmly rejecting any unilateral actions that undermine its foundations.
China is ready to cooperate with the international community and make unremitting efforts to end the fighting in Gaza and achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the Palestinian issue, Fu Cong concluded.
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