The vote comes after Russia and China vetoed a U.S.-sponsored resolution Friday.
FILE - Palestinians inspect the damage of residential buildings after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 24, 2024. The U.N. Security Council is set to vote Monday on a resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.a U.S.-sponsored resolution Friday that would have supported "an immediate and sustained cease-fire" in the Israeli-Hamas conflict.
The vote was originally scheduled for Saturday morning, but its sponsors asked late Friday for a delay until Monday morning. Gaza also faces a dire humanitarian emergency, with a report from an international authority on hunger warning March 18 thatin northern Gaza and that escalation of the war could push half of the territory's 2.3 million people to the brink of starvation.
Russia and China vetoed a U.S.-sponsored resolution in late October calling for pauses in the fighting to, the protection of civilians and a halt to arming Hamas. They said it did not reflect global calls for a cease-fire. Before the vote, Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said Moscow supports an immediate cease-fire, but he criticized the diluted language, which he called philosophical wording that does not belong in a U.N. resolution.
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