US Vetoes UN Resolution Calling for Gaza Cease-Fire

Ambassador Robert Wood said it would send a ‘dangerous message’ to Hamas that ’there’s no need to come back to the negotiating table.’

Ambassador Robert Wood, alternate representative of the United States for special political affairs in the U.N., raises his hands to veto a draft resolution during a U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on Nov. 20, 2024. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

The United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that called for an immediate, unconditional cease-fire in Gaza on Nov. 20.

The 15-member council voted on the resolution proposed by 10 nonpermanent members, including Algeria, Ecuador, and Japan. The United States was the only member to vote against it, using its veto power as a permanent member to block its adoption.