CAIRO, Monday, March 25, 2024 (WAFA) – The United Nations Security Council's inability to issue a resolution to stop the war on Gaza has become unacceptable, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock during a meeting in Cairo.

“The continued inability of the Security Council to issue a resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza after more than five months of this brutal war and the unprecedented numbers of civilian and child casualties is no longer acceptable,” he said.

Shoukry’s statement came hours before the UN Security Council meeting to vote on a newly drafted resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza during the holy month of Ramadan.

On Friday, the UN failed to adopt a proposed ceasefire resolution put forth by the United States due to vetoes from Russia and China.

Shoukry condemned the lack of respect for UN Security Council resolutions and the measures called for by the International Court of Justice to address the crisis, including those related to the UN Security Council supervision of the entry of aid to Gaza.

Shoukry also voiced Egypt's rejection of and warning against any Israeli military operation in the Palestinian border city of Rafah.

Israel's plan to storm the overcrowded city would result in “a humanitarian catastrophe that would spiral out of control and have unprecedented complications,” he noted.

Shoukry urged the international community to put pressure on Israel to ensure the full entry of humanitarian aid, open land crossings between Israel and Gaza, and remove obstacles to the arrival of aid to all areas of the Gaza Strip, including northern Gaza.

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