UN Security Council Passes Resolution Demanding Immediate Cease-Fire in Gaza

The 15-member United Nations body voted Monday with the United States abstaining.

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield votes abstain during a vote on a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation of the Palestinian question, at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 25, 2024. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

The United Nations Security Council demanded an immediate cease-fire in the Israel–Gaza conflict and the immediate release of all hostages on March 25, as the United States abstained from the vote and didn’t veto the measure.

Other than the United States, the remaining 14 members of the U.N. Security Council voted for the cease-fire resolution, which was proposed by the 10 elected members of the body: Algeria, Ecuador, Guyana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, South Korea, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, and Slovenia.