India, June 5 -- A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Wednesday after the United States cast its veto - blocking the initiative backed by all ten elected members of the Council.
The text, co-sponsored by Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, and Somalia - collectively known as the E-10 - received 14 votes in favour, with the US casting the lone vote against.
As one of the council's five permanent members, the US holds veto power - a negative vote that automatically blocks any resolution from going forward.
Had it been adopted, the draft would have demanded "an immediate, unconditional and perman...