WWJD to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoUN passes resolution . US abstain vote.imagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1116arrow-down1imageUN passes resolution . US abstain vote.WWJD to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWWJDOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·8 months agoThe Russian verbal amendment did not pass due to lack of votes. But in the substantive vote, there were 14 in favour, with the US abstaining. The resolution therefore has passed. 10:36 AM The sticking point is the removal of the word “permanent” from an earlier version of the draft. It now calls for an “immediate ceasefire”.
minus-squareFuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·8 months ago“lasting ceasefire” yea, what tf does “lasting” mean? To me it’s atleast 1 year but Israel could say it’s 1 day.
minus-squarezed_proclaimer [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·8 months agoThe US is always inserting newspeak gibberish into things and ignoring conventional international legal language
The Russian verbal amendment did not pass due to lack of votes.
But in the substantive vote, there were 14 in favour, with the US abstaining. The resolution therefore has passed.
10:36 AM
The sticking point is the removal of the word “permanent” from an earlier version of the draft. It now calls for an “immediate ceasefire”.
“lasting ceasefire” yea, what tf does “lasting” mean? To me it’s atleast 1 year but Israel could say it’s 1 day.
The US is always inserting newspeak gibberish into things and ignoring conventional international legal language