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US looks isolated after opposing UN resolution on Gaza truce
with even France, Spain and the UK refusing to join the US in voting against the motion
Canada, with US backing, said these adjustments did not go far enough
US looks isolated after opposing UN resolution on Gaza truce
Only 12 countries joined Washington and Israel as Jordan’s motion was passed at the general assembly
The US has ended up looking quite badly isolated after only 12 countries joined Washington and Israel at the UN general assembly in opposing a motion calling for a sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities.
When Canada’s amendment naming Hamas and describing those held captive as hostages was put to a vote, Canada and the US won the vote by 88 to 55, with 23 abstaining. All 27 EU states and the UK backed the amendment. But a vote at the general assembly, as opposed to the smaller UN security council, requires a two-thirds majority, meaning the Canadian amendment fell.
That left UN envoys with a choice: back the Jordanian call for a humanitarian truce, bereft of a reference to Hamas, or abstain or vote against it. Eight EU countries led by France backed the resolution. Among the big powers abstaining were Australia, India and the UK. The US alliance that voted against the resolution on one count represents only 7% of seats at the general assembly, bearing some resemblance to the diplomatic isolation Russia has experienced over Ukraine in the past two years.
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