UN Security Council Passes Resolution Affirming Biden-Proposed Gaza Cease-Fire Deal

The Biden administration has assured the cease-fire proposal is in line with the latest terms Israeli negotiators have offered Hamas.

Members of the United Nations Security Council listen as Representative of the United States to the UN, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks during a meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations headquarters in New York on June 10, 2024. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

The U.N. Security Council voted on June 10 in favor of a U.S.-led resolution affirming a Gaza cease-fire proposal that President Joe Biden announced on May 31.

Thirteen members of the 15-member Security Council voted alongside the U.S. delegation in favor of the deal, while Russia, one of four permanent members with veto power, abstained from voting.