Why India Did Not Vote On UN Resolution Seeking Truce In Israel-Hamas War
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India said that the resolution did not mention Hamas and that the UN needs to send a clear message against terror.
India did not vote in the UN General Assembly resolution that called for an immediate humanitarian truce in the Israel-Hamas war. Explaining their decision to abstain, India said that the resolution did not mention Hamas and that the UN needs to send a clear message against terror.
"We hope that the deliberations of this assembly will send a clear message against terror and violence and expand prospects for diplomacy and dialogue while addressing the humanitarian crisis that confronts us," said India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Yojna Patel.
The draft resolution had called for an immediate truce in the conflict and unhindered humanitarian access in the Gaza Strip, which has been the target of Israel's airstrikes.
