The United Nations Security Council has decided to vote on the Algerian draft resolution concerning the war in Gaza on Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the matter, as reported by "Sky News Arabia." Meanwhile, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced on Sunday that her country does not support the proposed Algerian resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
A statement from the U.S. mission quoted Thomas-Greenfield as saying that the proposed resolution "will not achieve the results that a deal will achieve and may contradict it." She added that the United States does not support voting in favor of the Algerian draft resolution, and if it is put to a vote in its current form, it will not be adopted.
Thomas-Greenfield stated that the ongoing negotiations on a hostage exchange deal represent the best opportunity to reunite hostages with their families and enable a long-term ceasefire. Diplomatic sources indicated that the Security Council would vote next week, at Algeria's request, on a draft resolution calling for an "immediate ceasefire for humanitarian reasons" in the Gaza Strip, a step likely to face another U.S. veto.
Following the International Court of Justice's ruling calling on Israel to prevent any potential acts of "genocide" in Gaza, Algeria initiated consultations in the Security Council regarding a new draft resolution calling for a truce in the Palestinian territory. According to the latest version of the Algerian draft resolution, the Security Council calls for "an immediate ceasefire for humanitarian reasons to be respected by all parties."
According to UN diplomatic sources, Algeria requested that the Security Council vote on the text in its current form on Tuesday. The draft resolution rejects "the forced displacement of Palestinian civilians" and calls for an end to this "violation of international law." The text also calls for the release of all prisoners. However, similar to previous texts criticized by Israel and its ally the United States, the draft resolution does not condemn the attack launched by Hamas on October 7 on Israeli towns, which ignited this war.
