UN Delegations Are Listening to Us on Gaza

Photo by Sam Husseini

By World BEYOND War, August 14, 2024

World BEYOND War President Kathy Kelly has been fasting, demonstrating, and meeting at the United Nations with the delegations of various nations. Activists have held two vigils each day and met with the Missions of South Korea, Brazil, Venezuela, Greece, Ireland, Spain, Malta, the Holy See, Iran, Denmark, Russia, Mexico, and Slovenia.

Our general appeal can be read — and with the click of a button sent to numerous UN delegations — here.

You can add your own words, but it reads:

“I urge your country to move to convene an emergency session of the UN General Assembly and use Uniting For Peace (Resolution 377) to impose an arms embargo and targeted sanctions on the Israeli government, suspend the Israeli government from the United Nations, and send unarmed peacekeepers to Palestine.”

Thus far, nations have not committed to doing this, but have expressed interest, have taken the meetings, have listened attentively, and have suggested that they will be supportive of positive action.

We seem to be in need of one courageous leader, as South Africa led on taking the case to the International Court of Justice.

There’s some expectation that it should be the Palestinian delegation to lead. But what if it doesn’t? Does every UN member not have an obligation to uphold the rule of law in the face of the Rules Based Order?

Keep those emails going!