The United States again vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, the release of hostages, and the lifting of restrictions on humanitarian aid.

The United States was the only country to oppose the resolution. All other Security Council members, including permanent members Russia, China, the United Kingdom, and France, supported the resolution.

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) report from 16 September 2025 revealed that Israel has committed Genocide in Gaza, despite the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering Israel to stop the ethnic cleansing on 26 January 2024. The US proceeded to veto a draft UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution calling for a ceasefire just two days later, which exposes the ineffectiveness of the UN and highlights the need for a fair global security architecture.

Orders and Reports from UN agencies

An ICJ order and a UNHRC report have so far proven inadequate in stopping Israel’s carnage in Gaza or in swaying the US to approve a draft UNSC resolution calling for a ceasefire for the 6th time. The UN emerges as being ineffective while the US is willing to pursue its interests at the cost of thousands of human lives, meaning the world can only watch as Israel and its backers eradicate a people in the 21st century if an alternative approach is not pursued. Remarkably, Washington’s deputy special envoy for the Middle East explained that her country shot down the draft resolution because it did not adequately recognize Israel’s right to defend itself. However, the envoy could not state what Israel was defending itself against by conducting different massacres against Palestine since 1948 or holding 1319 Palestinians hostage by October 1, 2023. The aforementioned UNHRC report revealed that the UN agency had conducted a legal analysis of Israel’s conduct vis-à-vis the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, but this........

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