US Blocks UN ‘Article 99’ Ceasefire Resolution, Citing Security Council’s ‘Moral Failure’

The US deputy ambassador to the UN Security Council said the draft resolution was ‘disconnected’ from reality.

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Robert Wood speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Gaza, at U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 8, 2023. Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images

The United States on Friday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution advocating for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and criticized the council’s failure to condemn the Oct. 7 terror attacks as a “serious moral failure.”

In remarks to the Security Council, U.S. Deputy Ambassador to the U.N. Robert Wood said the draft text was “disconnected” from reality.