Doctors Without Borders Slams US for Vetoing Gaza Ceasefire Resolution at UN

The head of the international medical charity Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) slammed the US for vetoing a Gaza ceasefire resolution in testimony at the UN Security Council on Thursday and detailed the horrors Palestinian children are facing in the Gaza Strip due to the Israeli siege.

“We are appalled by the willingness of the United States to use its powers as a permanent Council member to obstruct efforts to adopt the most evident of resolutions: one demanding an immediate and sustained ceasefire,” said MSF Secretary-General Christopher Lockyear.

“Three times this Council has had an opportunity to vote for the ceasefire that is so desperately needed and three times the United States has used its veto power,” he said. “A new draft resolution by the United States ostensibly calls for a ceasefire. However, this is misleading at best.”