The Kuwaiti ambassador to the United Nations Mansour Al-Otaibi vowed to go to the General Assembly for the protection of Palestinians after a draft resolution of his delegation for that purpose was vetoed by the United States.
Earlier Friday the UNSC voted on a Kuwait-drafted resolution calling for setting up an international protection for the Palestinian people following the killing of dozens of peaceful Palestinian protestors by Israeli forces in Gaza.
Out of the council’s 15 members 10 voted in favor including France and only the US voted against. There were four abstentions including Britain.
“We will consider going to the General Assembly going to other UN bodies to try to find a way to provide international protection for the Palestinian civilians” Al-Otaibi told reporters..
Al-Otaibi said he was disappointed by the U.S. veto of his delegation’s draft resolution.
Ten of the 15 members of the Security Council voted in favor of the Kuwaiti draft and only the United States voted against it he noted.
