US complicity in Israeli Genocide galore as UNSC Gaza Ceasefire vote vetoed again
The US complicity in Israeli Genocide came to fore once again Thursday September 18, 2025 when it vetoed a new UNSC resolution for ceasefire in Gaza
United Nations: The US complicity in Israeli Genocide came to fore once again Thursday September 18, 2025 when it vetoed a new UNSC resolution for ceasefire in Gaza.
The latest Gaza Ceasefire resolution was backed by 14 of the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
The United States, however, chose to veto it. The Americans did it a shameful 6th time.
The UNSC has 5 permanent and 10 non-permanent members. The permanent members have the veto power. It means any resolution even if it has the backing of the majority can be vetoed by a single vote.
Drafted by the council’s 10 elected members, the UNSC resolution called for an “immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza respected by all parties”, the release of all captives held by Hamas and other groups, and a lifting of restrictions on humanitarian aid into Gaza.
Who voted for the UNSC Ceasefire Proposal?
Besides the United States, the other UNSC permanent members are Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom. While the status of the permanent members does not change, the UNSC non-permanent members are elected for a two year term.
The current non-permanent members of the UNSC are Algeria (2025), Guyana (2025), the Republic of Korea (2025), Sierra Leone (2025), Slovenia (2025), Denmark (2026), Greece (2026), Pakistan (2026), Panama (2026), and Somalia (2026).
All the 14 UNSC members voted for the immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The US, at its shameless best, opposed because of which the UNSC resolution was defeated.
"The Security Council today failed to adopt a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages and for Israel to immediately and unconditionally lift all restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid into the enclave, as the United States vetoed the measure despite affirmative votes by the other 14 members of the 15-nation organ", the UNSC said in a statement released Thursday.
“Forgive us, Oh People of Palestine”
“Forgive us”, said Algeria’s delegate after the vote.
“Forgive us”, he continued, addressing the people of Palestine, “because this Council could not save your children — more than 18,000 of them have been killed by Israel.”
“Forgive us”, he repeated, noting that more than 12,000 women, more than 4,000 elderly, more than 1,400 doctors and nurses, more than 250 journalists and more than 500 aid workers “have been killed by Israel.”
“Famine now spreads in Gaza, and the UN Security Council could not even act to denounce it as Israel is shielded — not by international law, but by the bias of the international system”, he said.
Stressing that “history will not weigh our speeches, it will weigh our deeds”, he stated that “we will not give up”.
“Shame on helplessness”, he said, adding, “Shame in the face of genocide unfolding before open eyes.”
Sierra Leone’s delegate after the UNSC vote affirmed that the duty to prevent genocide is binding on all, and that failure to act would make the Council complicit in one of the gravest crimes known to humanity while Pakistan’s representative called it a “dark moment in this Chamber”.
Representatives of Greece, Slovenia and Denmark echoed warnings of a calamitous situation on the brink.
The representative of the Republic of Korea, UN Security Council President for September, spoke in his national capacity to underscore that “civilians in Gaza, as well as hostages and their families, have suffered too much and far too long.”
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