UN whistleblower Craig Mokhiber just posted: “For the second time in four months (see res. 2803), the UN Security Council has today bowed to the US empire (and its vassals) and ignored international law on its behalf, and neither Russia nor China have acted to stop it through their veto rights. In the middle of the unlawful and bloody US-Israel Axis aggression on Iran, the Council is entirely silent on the aggression and on Iran’s Charter-based right to defend itself. Instead of condemning the aggressors, it condemns only Iran for attacks on the territory of countries in the region hosting US military bases, (some of which have been directly complicit in the aggression). Proving once again how oil and money are valued more than sovereignty, human lives, or international law, the resolution gained a record number of state co-sponsors. The Council that has allowed genocide and serial aggression to continue for more than two years in the region without action, has decided that oil prices are a step too far.”
A Russian draft resolution failed to receive the votes needed to pass.
John Quigley, author of The Case for Palestine: An International Law Perspectiveand leading international lawyer at Ohio State University recently noted: “The UN General Assembly’s Uiting for Peace Resolution 377 (1950) requires the General Assembly to make recommendations to the UN membership if the Security Council fails to deal with a threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression because of ‘lack of unanimity of the permanent members.’ The General Assembly is to consider the matter ‘immediately with a view to making appropriate recommendations to the Members for collective measures in the case of a breach of the peace or act of aggression, including use of force when necessary.’”
Marjorie Cohn recently wrote the piece “As Security Council Stalls, There Are Other Ways to Stop U.S.-Israeli War on Iran.”
ROBERT JERESKI, (917) 617-9957, [email protected], @codepink
Jereski is a New York City-based attorney who has led CODEPINK’s World Court Project. He has been on IPA news releases including: “
Protests Target Swiss for Caving on Geneva Conventions and Israel,” “Activists Call out EU and Türkiye on ‘Pieties’ on Gaza” and “U.N.: Gaza ‘Proxy Occupation Force’ or Protection Force?”