UN Security Council adopts Gaza ceasefire resolution

The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution for a comprehensive ceasefire deal in Gaza.

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00:00I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now.

00:05Will those in favor of the draft resolution

00:08contained in document S stroke 2024 stroke 448,

00:13please raise their hand.

00:25Those against.

00:30Abstentions?

00:37The result of the voting is as follows.

00:4014 votes in favor, zero votes against, one abstention.

00:47The draft resolution has been adopted as resolution 2735.

00:52Colleagues, after eight months of devastation

00:55and pain and trauma, what is needed now more than ever

00:58is for the fighting to end in a sustainable way.

01:03The United States and every single country in this chamber

01:07want to see an immediate ceasefire

01:10with the release of hostages.

01:13We've heard those calls time and time again

01:17since October 7th.

01:20Now the opportunity is here.

01:22We must seize it and we must speak with one voice.

01:27Israel goals have been very clear,

01:29to bring all our hostages back home

01:32and to dismantle Hamas's capabilities.

01:35Israel is committed to these goals,

01:37to free all the hostages,

01:39to destroy Hamas's military and governing capabilities,

01:43and to ensure that Gaza does not pose a threat

01:45to Israel in the future.

01:48And as we have echoed numerous times in this very chamber,

01:51once these goals are met, the war will end.

01:54We want to see the implementation of the objective

01:58of stopping the fighting completely

02:02and to have humanitarian assistance to our people

02:05to the level that they need,

02:07to stop the forced transfer,

02:10to allow our people to return to the areas

02:13where they were pushed out of

02:15in all parts of the Gaza Strip, including the north,

02:19and to see the Israeli forces outside the Gaza Strip

02:24and not a single portion of the Gaza Strip geographically

02:28to be taken or under the control

02:30of the Israeli occupying forces.